Allostatic Load, Stress Resistance, Resilience , Chronic Systemic Inflammation, Epigenetics , Neuroplasticity 94
“Death is nothing to fear”… “beyond life lies beauty. Beyond life lies peace and tranquility .” 95
“At death, this world you now know stops and the full illumination of Mind is born.” 96
“This shows you your innocence of life and allows you to see the true beauty of yourself” Second Chance page 91 97
“Mana , my young friend, is the power that holds your very existence. Mana on its own has neither definite shape nor form, yet it is in everything that exists” 98
”Mana is the power that holds this whole world together. Mana is pure energy…it is of spirit essence” 99
“Mana can not be seen by the naked eye. It must be absorbed by a positive feeling.” 100
“It is Mana that helps wash away the illusionary values you place on life. It is the sustenance of the wise” Second Chance pages 91,92 101
I am starting to see that there is essentially one generic condition with many different disguises and that the very essence of all mental illnesses is a deluded thought that is relied on as reality 102
There need be only one generic mental illness: an inability to see the role of Thought 103
Homeostasis : a state in the body in which all sorts of physiological systems are functioning at an optimal level. Stressor : any challenge ( internally or externally) that you respond/react to via thought that knocks you out of homeostasis 104
“ A large body of evidence suggests that stress- related disease emerges, predominantly, out of the fact that we so often activate a physiologic system that has evolved for responding to acute physical emergencies, but we turn it on for months on end, worrying about mortgages, relationships and promotions” - Sapolsky-WZDGU 105
“Richard listen to me! Stress is stress! All stress is dangerous to stable mind and our being as a whole. It is stress that creates a lot of our mental and physical problems .” 106
“It is stress that leads to an unbalanced mind, which can lead to alcoholism, drug addiction, divorce, management and employee disturbances .” 107
“Stress is a form of mental anguish that leads to mental breakdowns --- anger and violence usually being the end product” Second Chance: page 74 108
“All for One and One for All: Mental Disorders in One Dimension ” Caspi and Moffitt AJP Sept 2018 109
Internalizing Disorders : Mood Anxiety Thought 110
Externalizing Disorders: Somatic Disorders 111
“No sharp distinction can be drawn between mental health and mental disease; A large collection of material shows a gradual and not an abrupt transition from The normal state to pathological states ” Kent and Rosenhoff AJP 1910 112
Innocent Misuse of Thought Past: Guilt - Resentment – Grief Future: Worry - Over-analysis Present: Driveness - Upset 113
The Stress Response a.k.a. Flight or Fight Response: Is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack or threat to survival (or ego, or happiness invested thought) 114
EGO: I - Any thing that I think separates/distinguishes me from others. — Self Image 115
H.I.T. : Happiness Invested Thoughts – Anything that I have my happiness or ego invested in. 116
“The state of meditation comes when the ego is put to sleep via silence” Second Chance page 73 117
Stress Response : Hallmarks • Rapid mobilization of energy from storage sites • Inhibition of further storage 118
Energy Mobilization : to transport nutrients and Oxygen rapidly Cortisol (steroid) Glucagon> Glucose 10 to -8 th molecules SNS >Epinephrine/Norepinephrine >>> ^ Heart rate, ^ Blood Pressure, ^Breathing Rate 119
Stress Response (cont.) >Endorphins - To increase pain tolerance > Hypercoagulability > to decrease blood loss if injured 120
Stress Response (cont.) Decreased Immune Function Decreased Growth , Maintenance and Repair Decreased Sex Hormones 121
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