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Stoic Stress ep 13 : Enchiridion 9 : Stress and Heart Failure
The brain may be arguable the most important organ in the human body. It controls our thoughts, emotions and movements. The heart may come in as a close second.
But the heart and mind have a connection that is important to understand. Your brain's nervous system signals your heart to pump its oxygen-rich blood, and your heart responds by delivering blood to your entire body, including to your brain.
Perception plays a part with the nervous system. Some stimulus causes the sensory cell to produce an action potential that is relayed into the central nervous system where it is integrated with other sensory information and to become a conscious perception of that stimulus.
When our perception or impression from some stressful stimuli kicks a negative or irrational assessment means that our body reacts. Maybe we over exaggerate. Maybe we fear something that may not happen. Physical reactions occur like increased heart rate and blood pressure as a response.
Enchiridion 9 states Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to your ability to choose, unless that is your choice. Lameness is a hindrance to the leg, but not to your ability to choose. Say this to yourself with regard to everything that happens, then you will see such obstacles as hindrances to something else, but not to yourself.
This passage discusses the relationship between choice and what we think we dread or may be bad for us. There are things that seem like a hindrance. The questions is do they hinder you?
If you develop moral purpose through Stoicism than the answer is no. Unless you consent to what hinders you it does not really hinder you. We can make changes in life that determine what is best for ourselves. In other words stress does not affect you unless you let it affect you.
Chronic stress can be fatal. Chronic stress can contribute to health issues and what role it plays in dysfunction of the heart. For years, people have attributed heart disease to consumption of too many fats, when there is actually much more at play. Fat is merely one part of the complete picture, with stress actually having a much more prominent role in development of heart failure.
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By Matt SchmidtThe brain may be arguable the most important organ in the human body. It controls our thoughts, emotions and movements. The heart may come in as a close second.
But the heart and mind have a connection that is important to understand. Your brain's nervous system signals your heart to pump its oxygen-rich blood, and your heart responds by delivering blood to your entire body, including to your brain.
Perception plays a part with the nervous system. Some stimulus causes the sensory cell to produce an action potential that is relayed into the central nervous system where it is integrated with other sensory information and to become a conscious perception of that stimulus.
When our perception or impression from some stressful stimuli kicks a negative or irrational assessment means that our body reacts. Maybe we over exaggerate. Maybe we fear something that may not happen. Physical reactions occur like increased heart rate and blood pressure as a response.
Enchiridion 9 states Sickness is a hindrance to the body, but not to your ability to choose, unless that is your choice. Lameness is a hindrance to the leg, but not to your ability to choose. Say this to yourself with regard to everything that happens, then you will see such obstacles as hindrances to something else, but not to yourself.
This passage discusses the relationship between choice and what we think we dread or may be bad for us. There are things that seem like a hindrance. The questions is do they hinder you?
If you develop moral purpose through Stoicism than the answer is no. Unless you consent to what hinders you it does not really hinder you. We can make changes in life that determine what is best for ourselves. In other words stress does not affect you unless you let it affect you.
Chronic stress can be fatal. Chronic stress can contribute to health issues and what role it plays in dysfunction of the heart. For years, people have attributed heart disease to consumption of too many fats, when there is actually much more at play. Fat is merely one part of the complete picture, with stress actually having a much more prominent role in development of heart failure.