Questions

1. How does stress affect the body systems?

2. Emotionally, how does stress manifest itself?

3. Describe the "double bind" or cycle between stress and illness.

Answers

1. A persons blood presssure increases, heart-rate quickens, digestive track shuts down, eyes dilate, hearing imporves, muscles tighten, and entire body chemistry changes.

2. Emotionally, stress manifests itself as depression, anxiety, and /or hostility.

3. The double bind is that the patient becomes concerned over their condition and anxious about ever finding relief amd depressed at the limitations placed on their life.

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