Stress, Anxiety and Depression: This is Why They’re Close Cousins

Did you know that stress, anxiety and depression are close cousins. It’s no surprise. Studies show that a stress chemical/hormone called Corticotropin Releasing Hormone (CRH) triggers both anxiety and depression.

Here’s what happens.

YOUR FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE

We’re hard wired for a survival response, called the “Fight or Flight Response”, also known as the “Stress Response.” This response played an important role in keeping your ancestors alive for many thousands of years. Here’s how.

Picture this: If you and I were sitting down 25,000 years ago talking about stress and suddenly a saber-toothed tiger approached us thinking we were her lunch—our Fight or Flight response would automatically trigger. Our “Stress Faucet” would turn on fast. Stress chemicals, also known as stress hormones, would then pour into our blood to prepare us to run or to fight for our lives.

The anxiety and depression causing chemical, Corticotropin Releasing Hormone (CRH), sets this whole process in motion by signaling our master gland that we are at survival.

Keep in mind that this “Fight or Flight Response” is designed for short term use only. And so if you and I survived, our Stress Faucets would shut down before too long and things would return to normal.

HERE’S THE PROBLEM IN A NUTSHELL

But we have a problem today that our ancestors did not. Our Stress Faucet doesn’t shut down like it’s supposed to. In fact our hard wiring is now obsolete. It was designed for conditions that no longer exist. Our lives today are so complex that this response triggers too often, in error. Because our mind and body are an interdependent unit—(the mindbody), what we think and feel affects our body.

It goes like this: a part of our brain mistakes our fear, anxiety and worry for actual physical danger and it triggers the Fight or Flight Response—in error. As a result our Stress Faucet turns on too often and stays on to long. Stress hormones then seep into our blood and tissues where they linger, instead of flushing away.

CRH is one of them. Today stress hormones never seem to stop flowing or leave.

As Drs. Chrousos and Gold, two Senior National Institute of Health Scientists put it,

“Stress hormones continue to wash through the system in high levels, never leaving….and so the stress response that once gave ancient people the speed and endurance to escape life-threatening dangers runs constantly in many modern people and never shuts down. Persistent, unremitting stress leads to a variety of serious health problems.”

Among these problems are frequent anxiety and depression. CRH has a powerful impact on your thoughts and feelings

When you are anxious or depressed, the chances are good that CRH is driving it. Studies even show that when a person experiencing depression has CRH removed from their blood—their depression goes away. That shows just how powerful a role CRH plays in feelings of depression.

So when you are really stressed out, don’t feel there’s something wrong with you if you get the blues or if you get anxious. They come with the territory.

When you learn how to deal with stress effectively, your Stress Faucet won’t leak and your CRH levels will go down. And so will your anxiety and depression.

Would you like to try a proven solution to the problem of stress and stress hormones such as CRH?

Our easy to use and learn 6 stress busting methods and strategies in our Fast Acting Stress Relief Pack (the Pack) will help you deal with stress quickly. You will be able to shut your Stress Faucet off and wash CRH out of your blood and tissues. And feel a whole lot better as a result.

And you can be sure of great value. The Fast Acting Stress Relief Pack includes all of the following:

1. 6 proven fast acting stress relief methods tested over a 27 year period with many hundreds of people
2. a 29 page crystal clear User’s Guide, along with instructional audios
3. “The Little Black Book of Stress Relief Secrets”
4. The book will give you the real skinny on stress, including what you need to do about it and how, so you can deal with stress whenever you need to
5. A 3 page Stress Facts Summary for easy and quick reference

And know that when you choose the Pack, you have no risk. If for any reason you are not satisfied, just let us know within one year and we’ll refund your purchase price. No questions asked.

To get CRH and other dangerous stress chemicals out of your blood and tissues, CLICK HERE.

---

 Dr. Jim Manganiello is an award winning clinical health psychologist, teacher and author. He’s a longtime innovator in the areas of stress, well-being, personal growth and “inner fitness”.

---