We all know that stress can have a profoundly negative effect on our mental health. A recent study has revealed a sharp increase in the number of people suffering from mental health problems related to stress due to redundancies, job insecurity and pay cuts etc. These include symptoms such as anxiety and depression.
According to the report, the rise of people experiencing stress related mental health symptoms is related to concerns about the economic downturn. It's reported that there has been up to a five-fold increase in the incidents of mental health problems with up to 71% of people who have lost their jobs in the last year experiencing symptoms of depression, 55% suffering from stress and 52% experiencing symptoms of anxiety.
Stress has also been shown to have an negative effect on our physical health and recent research suggests that in particular, long-term or chronic stress can lower the immune system, restrict healing and effect the functioning of the brain.
Hypnotherapists have long known that treatments such as hypnotherapy can boost the immune system, increase self esteem and self confidence, increase energy levels and improve brain function. It now seams that at long last the medical community is catching on to what we hypnotherapists have been doing right all these many years and some doctors are finally beginning to refer patients to hypnotherapists (if yours isn't then start hassling them!!).
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