Modern Life Creates Chronic Stress
The nervous, hormonal and immune systems are one conversation. How chronic stress raises how ill we get, and slows how fast we recover.
Guru AnandDecember 30, 20242 min read
Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual Health are inter-related! Mental Stress has a direct correlation on how ill we get and how fast we recover.
- There seems to be a close-knit relationship between the nervous system, hormonal system and the immune system.
- Studies suggest, Autoimmune disorders could be triggered by the brain under chronic stress.
- An extremely stressful event can even generate heart attacks.
- On the other hand, Healthy mental states can influence the body’s immune system and lowers the chance of any such risk.
- This discovery has also inspired researchers to explore the impact of the vagus nerve on the nervous system.
- The Vagus nerve is a highway of 100,000 nerves bundled together.
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The Vagus nerve connects the Brain-Gut Axis, thus the Gut impacts the Brain which directs the immune system.
Researchers are now stimulating the Brain Reward Centre (VTA) to reduce the effects of various physical ailments. VTA connections to the Nucleus Accumbens (NA) and Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) are very important for Addiction and Mental Health problems, together with the hippocampus (memory) and amygdala (emotions) areas of the brain.
The latest article published in Nature on February 23rd 2023 conclusively shows the effects of Mental Health, Emotional Health on your Physical Health
