Friday, June 25, 2010


Dear Fellow Frustration Sufferer, (with the help of doc chela)

Do you feel like you could do more and be more in one or more areas of your life? 
Are the effects of frustration holding you back?
Maybe you have a long history of unmet goals and desires?
Do you find yourself giving up on projects and goals more easily?
Are you quick to anger?
These are all symptoms of Frustration.
And, yes, you can have more, do more, and be more when you learn to conquer the debilitating effects of this very human emotion. I'll share with you the techniques I have discovered to render frustration powerless in your life. The same techniques that took years of trial and error to perfect in individuals who've sought my counsel are now available in the Anatomy of Frustration.
Frustration Destroys Your Health and Well-Being
Many people have approached me over the years in regards to the devastating effects of frustration in their lives. For most people, like yourself, there are too many "To Do" items on your list, too many commitments, unfulfilled goals, and more month than money. These overwhelming demands on your time and psyche lead to frustration and, as a result, to the debilitating effects on your health and well-being.
The effects of frustration stimulate your body's natural defense mechanism with a stress response. It ignites your sympathetic nervous system to produce a fight-or-flight response in the body. Adrenaline is released and your blood vessels constrict causing your blood pressure to rise. Your heart rate increases, pupils dilate, you begin to perspire, and in extreme cases vomiting occurs.

If you allow frustration to fester and build within your nervous system, the condition only worsens wreaking havoc on your adrenal system. The adrenal medulla releases acetylcholine which triggers the secretion of adrenaline. This is the fight-or-flight response in full-effect.
Prolonged exposure causes the stress hormone cortisol to enter the bloodstream. Cortisol increases blood pressure, blood sugar, and causes a reduction in the immune response. This can have devastating effects on the cardiovascular system. In addition, it has been known to damage cells in the hippocampus area of the brain resulting in learning impairment.
Frustration is one of the major triggers for stress. The problem is that frustration can become a habit. We repeat the same unconscious patterns of frustrated thinking and, of course, get the same disappointing results. They say the definition of insanity is "doing the same things over and over and expecting a different result." This is what frustration is, an unconscious pattern that needs to be broken to bring peace of mind and clear thinking. If not, the result is chronic stress, a demoralizing life, and, eventually, degenerative disease (dis-ease) and illness.

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