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Weiss, Brian L. (Brian Leslie)
Eliminating stress, finding inner peace / Brian L. Weiss.

p. cm.

ISBN 1-4019-0244-8 (Hardcover)

1. Stress (Psychology) 2. Stress management. I. Title.

BF575.S75W44 2003

155.9042dc21

2003004369

ISBN 13: 978-1-4019-0244-5

ISBN 10: 1-4019-0244-8

13 12 11 10 8 7 6 5

1st printing, September 2003

5th printing, August 2010

Printed in the United States of America

S tress seems to be inevitable and omnipresent. Wherever we look, potential sources of stress abound, ready to rob us of our joy and damage our health.

The complexity of modern life has increased our overall levels of stress and tension. Twenty-four-hour televison news programs as well as the Internet allow us to learn about tragedies and disasters within moments of their occurrence, no matter where in the world they happen. Advances in transportation and communication technology have allowed for much more mobility in our living and working environments. The extended family has broken down as industries relocate but travel time shortens. There is an illusion of geographical closeness, but parents and grandparents are not really so close or potentially helpful if they need to board an airplane in order to visit. Just a few decades ago, most extended families still lived in the same town and were available for assistance and support.

There are more single-parent families now, a stressful situation that is exacerbated by the gradual extinction of the extended family. The ominous word, multitasking, hints at the overload we face daily. Information technology is never asleep, as is manifested through cell phones, e-mail, instant messaging, beepers, and other electronic leashes. We cannot get away. There is no downtime anymore. Our support systems are eroding, and we are feeling overwhelmed.

Technological advances in warfare and weapons of mass destruction have also increased our level of discomfort. Some negative results of other newer forms of technology, such as nuclear waste, global warming, and environmental poisons, have likewise had a cumulative stress-increasing effect. As the world becomes more complex, we become more stressed. Our spiritual evolution and our ability to recover our healthy homeostasis and equilibrium have simply not progressed at the same rapid rate as these technological stressors.

One effect of these changes has been a shift in the nature and pattern of stress-inducing events. We are now exposed much more frequently to constant or chronic stress. When stressors are relatively acute but infrequent, our bodies have an opportunity to clear the stress hormones and return to more baseline or normal conditions. However, when stressors are as frequent and as pervasive as they seem to be in our modern world, our bodies do not have enough time to reverse the harmful physiological effects. We are constantly bathed in stress hormones, and we pay a huge physical and mental price.

For these reasons, learning to rapidly reduce stress levels, both mentally and physically, is vitally important to maintaining our health in an increasingly overwhelming world. The techniques and the CD in this book can help you accomplish just that.

Stress results when we react psychologically and physically to the potential for change in our environment. Our minds react with concern, worry, or fear. Our bodies react by secreting stress chemicals and hormones.