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Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Don't Become A Statistic Of "Stress The Silent Killer" of High Achievers

Perhaps, your typical day may start like any other day for a commercial go-getter. After a fretful night you are jarred awake by the klazon sound of your alarm clock. You drag yourself out of bed, stagger to the bathroom feeling depleted before the day begins, and full of nagging anticipation of another daily grind.

You fly through the house with a hasty good morning, and grab your cup of coffee on the way out to join other hunters on the daily trek to capture the prize and bag the "big one". You negotiate the hunting party by switching lanes and exercising your cunning to creep a few car lengths ahead, all the while ignoring the blaring horns and interesting gestures of the other hunters. Finally, you drag yourself into your office amid the ringing telephones, beeping fax machines and raucous voices all clamouring for your attention, and jockeying for position to have their request granted first.

Exhausted, you fall into the chair behind your desk when suddenly, panic strikes. You can't breathe. Your chest feels as if someone has placed a leaden weight atop it, even though you are sitting up. As you gasp for air, your head feels as if it is going to explode and your heart is pounding. Before you know it everything surrounding you becomes dimmer and dimmer until. . . . . . . .?

If you can relate to all or any portion of the story above, you are a ticking time bomb just waiting to ignite. Yes STRESS is the Silent Killer. Is it the sole source for heart attack? No, in fact the jury is still out as to the statistics on just how much of a risk factor for heart disease stress can be. It IS definitely one of the risk factors. Interestingly, the medical community does know that stress contributes to buildup of plaque in the arteries. Combine that one bit of knowledge with any of the other risk factors for heart disease and you can count yourself among one of those "ticking time bombs."

The good news is that this is one risk factor that you have control over. You CAN reduce the risk, and you need to discover how to prevent and cope with stress in your life. You need to explore the warning signs and primary symptoms of stress and how these symptoms are triggered. You need to learn how to combat this silent killer and take control in your daily life:


“To dream anything that you want to dream. That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.”
Bernard Edmonds