Stress and its effects on the immune system

Though we ignore often but it has been proved by the scientists numerous times that our immune systems are affected heavily with the prolonged and regular phases of stress. But at the same time it’s also true that short term stress can lead to an increased level of performance for some time, but that’s quite short lived.

Stress - effects on the immune system

Here lies the bottom line: whenever we face the situations of stress we fail to cope up with our sudden mental changes and end up with a prolonged phase of the stress issues.

Stress and immune system

Stress is known to deplete those cells in our body which are required to fight various illnesses. When we encounter some kind of stress in our lives then the endocrine system and the nervous system becomes hyperactive to respond to the stress situations. They release hormones and neurotransmitters which in turn affects the overall operational system comprising of the nerves and various body tissues.

Immune system

When the stress period continues for quite sometime then the above mentioned body systems also tend to continue their hyperactivity. Prolonged activation of the nervous and the endocrine system are quite harmful for the normal functioning of our immune systems. Such failure of the immune system may lead to medical conditions like obesity and failure of vaccines to various diseases including the likes of influenza, common cold etc.

Meditation: a humble yet effective mental exercise

Meditation is a form of mental exercise. If you practice it in a regular basis then you are bound to reduce the anxiety level from your personality. Moreover all kinds of mental pressures including depression and pessimism can be treated permanently with the help of regular practicing of meditation.

Meditation - Mental exercise

Meditation is a very simple and easy to use and understand mental exercise. It’s an effort to explore the undiscovered depth of the mind of one’s self. Being trapped into the mundane lifestyle we fail to understand the exact and enormous potential of our mind. Regular practicing of meditation helps us to realize the latent power inside us.

Meditation - help of regular practicing of meditation

You need not be a religious person to practice meditation. With some self-made adjustments you can easily deviate from the spiritual kind of meditation but at the end you’ll experience similar kind of benefits.

You need not be a religious person to practice meditation

Almost all the major religions of the world have got the concept of meditation in-built in it with some variations. Moreover some new age gurus have added their unique personal touch to the practices of mediation.

Meditation - Mental exercise

As the modern human beings are becoming more confined to their mechanical lifestyle these days so the practice of meditation holds more meaning for them as it can show them the path of real living and true meaning of the life.