Ever wondered if your stress is correlated to your sleep trouble? Walking through an anxious season and plagued by reoccurring stomach issues? When it comes to our mental and physical health we rarely acknowledge the direct impact our emotional and mental state can have on our bodies, from our digestion, to sleep, and inflammation, they are intrinsically connected.
THIS MONTH, the Clinical Experts of Onsite TEAMED UP WITH OUR FRIENDS AT STYLE BLUEPRINT TO EXPLORE THE MIND/BODY CONNECTION and offer emotional and mental health practices and rhythms to implement into your life that will directly benefit your physical wellness.
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“We used to think of ‘the mind’ and ‘the body’ as two independently operating entities. We now know they are intimately linked and operate in tandem. Medical conditions as common as irritable bowel syndrome and migraine headaches can be caused or exacerbated by a person’s internal emotional state,” says Dr. Neil Bomar, Onsite Medical Services Director and psychiatrist. In fact, stress can be correlated with almost every major illness, including heart disease and cancer.
The experts at Onsite emphasize that mental stress isn’t just caused by major events like divorce, a death in the family, or the loss of a job. So-called “little things” like consistent tension in family relationships or on the job can build up over time and affect our autonomic nervous system.
Both big things and “little things” that escalate over time can be described as trauma, which profoundly affects the autonomic nervous system. “The autonomic nervous system is like our thermostat. It influences how we see ourselves, how we see each other, how we respond to cues of safety and danger and our access to choice,” says Kathleen Murphy, LPC, LMFT, Onsite Associate Clinical Director.
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