IBS AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: NERVOUS CONSTIPATION – THE ADRENALIN EVENT
Posted on Mar 26, 2011 under Gastrointestinal | No CommentTwo men are going for a run. One is in track one, the other is in track two. Imagine they are both wearing red vests. Extra energy needed to run, so in response to their thought, ‘I am going to run the brain sends a message for the muscles to contract and this squeezes the glands which produce adrenalin. Thoughts, heart-r and breathing rate increase, blood is divided them the internal organs to the legs to allow them to move faster.
up. The adrenalin levels are high. The two men complete the circuit and prepare to go home.
The Man in Track One. This man’s muscles relax and in response to this, chemicals which oppose adrenalin are released into the bloodstream. His heart-rate and breathing slow down, everything goes back to normal. His adrenalin levels are falling – imagine he has showered and is now wearing a blue vest. When he arrives home he is hungry and needs the bathroom. After dinner he repairs his son’s bicycle, watches television and then goes to bed and sleeps like a baby. When he awakes he feels rested.
The Man in Track Two. Because he has been overworking lately his relaxation response is worn out. After the run his muscles, do not automatically relax, so he is deprived of the chemicals which would slow him down; his adrenalin levels have not gone down. When he arrives home, although he has showered and gone through the same motions as the other man, it is as if he is still wearing the red vest. He is preoccupied with worrying thoughts, he is irritable with his kids, his digestion feels upset (the extra blood is still in his legs), he does not want dinner, he tries to read the newspaper but can’t concentrate. His evening is spent looking for antacid tablets, making frequent visits to the lavatory to pass urine, and chasing next door’s cat from the flower borders. He has difficulty getting off the sleep; when he does he sleeps fitfully. At 3 a.m. he wakes feeling anxious and hungry; he sleeps again and in the morning he wakes feeling anxious and stiff and sore. His muscles are still not relaxed – his adrenalin levels are still high. And it could go on like this until he has a nervous breakdown, a heart attack or some illness which will force him to slow down, unless he gets wise and realizes that all he has to do to don a blue vest is to slow down – to practise mechanically what his body has given up doing automatically. He must re-educate his muscles through relaxation exercises and consciously gearing down.
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