Today these are common problems post 30s- anxiety, anger, insomnia, weight gain, spells of depression.
As well as "Emotional dryness ": feeling no emotion of love, affection, excitement etc.
Present diagnosis and treatment: None, only symptomatic treatment.
Real cause:
"Adrenal Fatigue "
Sometimes we push our body inspite of fatigue for extra hours for work, exam or party purpose.
Body has a wonderful mechanism to maintain output inspite of fatigue.
It is the " Adrenaline Boost".
When we consider something to be very serious, mind considers it a situation of "Survival" i.e. "life and death "
Now hypothalamus asks adrenal gland to pump up the Adrenaline level in blood.
Now, due to the spurt, these will increase:
Heart rate, respiration, sweating, wakefulness, energy level, muscle power, awareness and focus,
These will drop: sleep, feeling of pain
Examples of Adrenaline spurt: A wounded man running for miles when chased by tiger, a mother running into a burning house to save her child without feeling burn, athletes during tournaments. A cornered desperate man suddenly gathering incredible force and overpowering many.
Problems: Adrenaline being such a lifesaver is still meant to be used like a lifesaver only, ie once in a blue moon .
In nature, such "Survival " scenes are far fewer tham today's urban life. Therefore, nature has allotted only a limited quantity of Adrenaline to us.
Nowadays, we mostly consume the quota by 35+, hence the burnout due to little adrenaline generation by body also called "Adrenal Fatigue " . Hence people find it hard to go on if not due to compulsions of carreer or family liabilities and not for joy.
Adrenal fatigue gives rise to many diseases and can be fatal in long term.
Solution: Love, affection, Compassion
Oxytocin is behind all human bonding: whether of mother -child, spouses, friends. Without oxytocin there would be no civilization, in fact not even life itself if not for bonding between mother -child.
Oxytocin and Adrenaline reduce each other and come from two different states of minds. Adrenaline promotes lower animalistic drives, while Oxytocin promotes bliss, Compassion, togetherness.
Adrenaline - primitive, animalistic behavior
Oxytocin - Supreme, towards divine
"Oxytocin treatment ":
Adrenal fatigue can be countered very easily by Oxytocin treatment, which also makes life full of joy and bliss.
How to :
1. Cut down on violent / stress full films, news or saas bahu serials: mind does not differentiate between "Reel or Real". Thats why u laugh, weep, or feel exhilaration at the climax of a movie or dream or a match. Your mind just lived the whole experience with all its negative results.
In fact we ho through such films, matches or theme parks, adventure sports just to squeeze that last bit of Adrenaline, for the feeling of being "Alive".
2. Spend more quality time with family, kids, friends and pets.
3. Prefer emotional comedies. Such serials, literature even photographs help. Romantic songs, esp.of your adolescence
4. Meditation
5. Cuddling
6. Massage
7. Food: Essential amino acids- fish, soyabean, nuts, white sesame (til), CHOCOLATE ( said to mend broken hearts), milk products ( hence DOODH BADAAM)
8. GOOD SLEEP
9. Drinking 4-5 ltrs water
10. Breathing exercises
The best part is, Oxytocin supply is infinite!
So, take the path of Oxytocin and live the life, the way it is meant to be.
One more thing: Affection can not come for any one till you hold grievances and complaints against them un your heart.
Hence, forgiveness is the first step to compassion.
It is due to the divine benefits of oxytocin that Jesus, Buddha, sufis all shown us the path of Compassion and Forgiveness.
So, "All you need is... Love!"
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