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Stress is the direct result of toxic thinking, and the Dirty Dozen all thrive on stress. The kind of stress that feeds the appetite of the Dirty Dozen is more than an increased heart rate or an uneasy feeling; rather, it is the medical definition for severe strain on your body's systems, including the brain.
Let's look at how stress really affects us.
When you are under extreme stress, chemicals flood your body and create physical effects caused by intense feelings. When those feelings are, for example, anger, fear, anxiety or bitterness, the effects on your health are nothing short of horrific in the long term.
Stress chemicals can be the kind of guests that don't know when they have overstayed their welcome. If they stay, because your system is imbalanced from toxic thinking, eventually they will tunnel deep inside the recesses of your mind, literally becoming part of who you are. Buried feelings of anger, fear, anxiety and bitterness create volcanic buildups in your body. When you internalize wounded emotions, you allow a seething mix of anger, hositility and resentment to develop.
For this reason, hostility and rage are at the top of the list of toxic emotions; they can produce real physiological reactions in the body and cause serious mental and physical illness. Neuroscientists can now track the sequence of reactions through which toxic thoughts, like the Dirty Dozen, carve a harmful path of destruction in your body. But it's not only modern-day scientists who have known about the perils to our health from emotionally burying our heads in the sand. The biblical reference "my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6) demonstrates ancient wisdom and insight about this toxic pathway. Quite simply, knowledge and understanding give you tools you need to sweep away toxic thoughts and emotions.
Future articles will be looking at the Dirty Dozen: Toxic Thoughts, Toxic Emotions, Toxic Words, Toxic Choices, Toxic Dreams, Toxic Seeds, Toxic Faith, Toxic Love, Toxic Touch, Toxic Seriousness, Toxic Health, and Toxic Schedules
Stay tuned!
People who do not prefer to use prescription medications could opt for using natural supplements such as Zanaprin. Until now, this supplement has received very good reviews.
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