According to resent research conducted at Glasgow University, email is an increasingly stressful part of everyday life. Many of us feel compelled to check our mail every couple of minutes and to respond immediately to anything which has come in. Appointments, deadlines and professional punctuality have always been sources of stress, of course, but now they have all ‘speeded up’. And it’s not just email.
Texts, voicemail, deadlines that need to be done ‘yesterday’ – all wreak havoc with our biology.
In the past, we worked with the seasons and with natural daylight. We would plant seeds and watch them grow – which took time. We knew how to wait. When it was light we would work, and when it was dark we would relax and sleep. But now we can work from our holiday destinations, be on call 24/7 and rush headlong into an early grave after an unsatisfying life.
Shifting gear
So many highly stressed people who end up coming to me and my colleagues for help are chronically rushed in their lives. A bit of stress stretches us to perform and is quite healthy, but always feeling like you are playing catch up compromises your blood pressure, your immune response – and your mental health.
The problem is that everything starts being carried out at the new super fast speed. Eating a meal, having sex, taking a ‘quick bath’, playing with the kids – all these things are done with an eye on the time… I’m hoping the new download will help people ‘shift into a lower gear’ more easily. Go fast when needs must, but then conserve energy at other times, accessing a sense of stillness and present focus.
I’ve just recorded a new hypnotic download for hypnosisdownloads.com Stop Rushing. It’s designed to encourage the severely time pressured to change gear sometimes so that burn out is avoided. The pace of life is quickening all the time. Feeling you’re running just in order to stand still is no way to live. I hope this session helps a lot of people enjoy a change of pace.
Take care and slow down sometimes.
Cheers
Mark
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