Posted by dj on June 24, 2000, at 10:05:58
In reply to Wow! I Basted my rt ear with a turkey baster...., posted by Johnturner77 on June 23, 2000, at 7:44:14
When I undergo a fair bit of stress and experience considerable anxiety my body tightens up, which relates to the release of internal stress related chemicals. A good discussion on this and the effects is in the book, "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping" by Robert M. Sapolosky.
However, what he does not address (unless I missed it as I was very stressed and depressed when I originally read it and it is a hefty book) is what I particularly noted over the past 1.5 year how one side of my body would be tigher and more out of sync. than the other. Having just re-experienced this (as I'm dealing with a lot of potentially anxiety producing situations and overall relatively well) physical laterality split (and had an adjustment done by a chiropractor which helped) I'm curious if others have noticed the same in themselves.
Yoga, when done regularly but not obsessively can and does help me stay balanced and my tension down, though when I did it obsessively that became a source of tension and perfectionism...
I also noticed over the last year I've experienced a bitter taste in my mouth, which has been more saline at some times and has varied in intensity. Initially when I brough it to my MD's attention he gave me a subscription for Tagerol (or something like that) and claimed that it may have been the result of acidic backwash from my innards (I forget the technical name and descrition) but that didn't seem to work. Still experiencing a bit of that flat taste, though generally I'm in pretty good shape. Anyone else ever experience that and have any insights into it?
A friend told me that from a Chinese medicine perspecive it had something to do with being out of balance and I believe she indicated (almost a year ago) that the tigtness on the one side (left I think) indicated that I was suppressing my feminine (vunerable?) side or something along those lines...
Anyone else any similar expriences or insights on this they'd care to share and if they have experienced any of the above how they've dealt with it??
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