Heightened states of arousal is somewhat like anxiety. People often say they feel “revved up” and their heart beats faster, they produce more norepinephrine, are in a fight-or-flight response mode, but on a low-grade level for a long period of time. This can be devastating to your body, and make you sick because you will not get appropriate amounts of rest.

Wow!! Spot on for me, I have been that way my entire life.

Tell me Sarah, could this process damage the “adrenal” glands. Making them basically “useless” or not work at all??

The reason I ask, I saw a Psychologist some years ago, and she told me that constant severe anxiety can damage the adrenal glands. Personally I think there is a lot of truth in that. What do you think?

I don’t really know what you mean Sarah about a heightened state of arousal, sorry.

Heightened states of arousal is somewhat like anxiety. People often say they feel “revved up” and their heart beats faster, they produce more norepinephrine, are in a fight-or-flight response mode, but on a low-grade level for a long period of time. This can be devastating to your body, and make you sick because you will not get appropriate amounts of rest.

Gillian Says:

Sarah, from a personal point of view, the “people” who are “translating” the emotional distress into say a backache or a migraine are the doctors. The backache/pain and/or headache/migraine are very real.

Of course the headache and backache are very real. But their causes are not from, say, strain, or a viral infection. It’s like when womyn have pre-menstural symptoms, they are hormonal and emotional, but often these translate into physical effects like headaches, backaches. Somatization is quite common, especially in Asian cultures. People very rarely report symptoms of depression, or anxiety, but report symptoms of backaches, headaches, sleeplessness, things like that. That’s somatization.

You need to get your mind off of your and Tony’s problems. The things you consider to be problems will never be solved by worry. You rehearse these things, over and over, and it’s tormenting to you.

Technology has its pros and cons. Scientists recently cured type I diabetes in a laboratory mouse. That is a great thing once they apply the technology to sick children. Technology is what has brought us antibiotics and vaccinations. Not only has the human lifespan been lengthened, but also the quality of life has improved for many people. There’s a new test for chagras disease. These are just a few examples. There are thousands. Try not to focus so much on the negative.

Tall Cotton

well, I think I’ve said enough for you to get my drift.

You know Tony is in hospital, well they took 7 ampules of blood when he arrived. Then they returned later because apparently they had lost some. So they took 3 more ampules of blood. Oh then they found the missing blood, it was found sat on a window sill in the lab. But never mind coz now they got 10 ampules of blood. For what I have no idea. He has liver disease. What on earth are they looking for?

Then he was preped for a colonoscopy, which was drinking 3 litres of this fluid to clear out his entire gut, and colon. Then he had his antibiotic for his virus, and then they gave him 2 valium. So he has the colonoscopy in the morning and then they have to prep him for a gastroscopy so he still can’t eat. And I guess more pills.

Any wonder I am worrying about him. Tony is just as worried for himself trust me, he told on the phone. He ain’t silly, this is murder.

And then you ask me Michael “don’t I have something more constructive to do with my life?”

Well the truth is all over your blog site Michael – What life?

Maybe the anti-morgellonites really have “other problems”, Michael, and by ranting and raving like this, you’re irresponsibly re-inforcing those poor, poor people’s obsessive skepticism?

Driving us insane!

Michael, look at me I am living proof. I haven’t even gone back to bed yet, the noise in my ears, you have NO idea.

You have been kind to me and I thank you, but I beg you Michael, this has to stop.

Your website is caught up in the cross fire of this technology plague and you are perpectuating the agonyyyy

WHY??

Because all those parasites on the internet come along to this blog site and feed off the entire contents, oh yes in deed, at my expense, my health and my LIFE.

Look you are a very reasonable man, and I really like the way you analyse things, which is so very important. Look how far I have come hey? Couldn’t have done it without ya.

And if I don’t attempt sleep again, I am going to throw up.

Goodnight