Do You Stress Over Your Asthma? By Caroline Bourke

For those of us that experience severe asthma attacks on a regular basis, we realize that there is nothing that is quite as stressful. Even when we are not currently experiencing an asthma attack, it is probably something that we have on our mind and we may worry about the next time one comes along. After all, these asthma attacks can be life-threatening and even if they don't take our life, they can stress us out to the extent that we are left feeling rather helpless. What you may not be aware of, however, is that the two of these different things may be related more than you realize.

Stress is something that all of us deal with and it is something that is built into us to help us to handle situations that may be a little bit uncomfortable to us. Some of us are able to handle stress rather easily and that we can get through the situations and then let the stress go. In the world in which we live, however, this is becoming increasingly difficult to do and many of us find that we are stressing out regularly over things that we don't even have any control of. This can be very damaging to us, both mentally and physically. Why is that the case?

Researchers are coming to realize that stress plays a large role in how our overall health is going to react. It releases different chemicals into the body that are rather damaging and can cause a number of different illnesses. If a person is dealing with a serious illness, such as asthma, the stress that they experience may make the condition much worse. As a matter of fact, high levels of stress have been shown to be a trigger in causing an asthma attack which may add additional stress to us.

One of the things that you can do for yourself that will help you to deal with asthma effectively is to teach yourself how to deal with your stress effectively as well. This can be difficult to do but it is by no means impossible. Exercising regularly and making sure that you eat a proper diet are two things that you can do which will ease your mind and a lot of problems that you're experiencing. You can also schedule time every day in order to relax and meditate. If you are able to overcome your stress, you may just experience less asthma as a result.

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