1. Using meditation and other methods to reduce stress.
2. Utilizing creative visualization to strengthen your immune system.
3. Using certain dietary supplements.
4. Dealing with the emotional and mental aspects.
First, let's talk about the relationship of stress to herpes outbreaks.
Most people find that they are more prone to having an outbreak when they
are stressed. This is because stress weakens your immune system. When your
immune system is weakened, it gives an opportunity for your ever present
virus to surface. The virus is always ready and waiting for a chance to attack.
A weakened immune system gives it just
such a chance. When it surfaces, you experience another outbreak of sores.
Many medical and scientific studies and experiments have verified the connection
between stress and your immune system.
I needen't mention much here about what to do in this regard. An honest
appraisal of your life and lifestyle will tell you what to do. It is up
to you to do what is necessary in this regard. You are the only one who can
do it. No one else can do it for you. Be honest, and start eliminating sources
of stress in your life right now.
Just dropping everything and doing nothing can be one of the most important
things you can do now to help yourself. If you are a very busy person with
workaholic tendencies this is not easy to do, but you can do it with practice.
Start with just a few minutes a day if necessary.
Here's a little trick to help you stay on track. Think of the word HALT.
Don't allow yourself to get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired.
Not getting too hungry is self explanatory. Plan your day. Eat breakfast.
Take wholesome snacks with you if necessary. Stop working BEFORE you get
really hungry, to allow the time needed to prepare or purchase a meal.
And in anger provoking situations, count to 10 and take some deep breaths
before blowing up. Or remove yourself from the situation. Go for a walk,
or leave the scene.
Loud noises, such as industrial noise, and excessively loud music are
also stressful to the immune system, and contribute to a weaker immune system,
which contributes to having herpes outbreaks.
We all get lonely sometimes. But if we ANTICIPATE that we might be alone
and lonely during a certain evening or weekend for instance, we can PLAN IN
ADVANCE what we can do about it. Visit someone, or invite someone over. Get
busy so you won't feel lonely. Or do activities where you'll be with others,
or get involved with some chores or activities you've been putting off.
And don't get too tired. If something is not finished, and you're tired,
REST. You can finish it another time. YOUR REST IS MORE IMPORTANT.
Paying attention to reducing your physical stress will help greatly in eliminating
your outbreaks.
OK, now let's deal with emotional stress. We have many different emotions.
Happiness and joy do not contribute to a weaker immune system. But anger,
resentment, worry, and fear do. These emotions can cause us to lose sleep,
which contibutes to physical stress too.
It is well known that worry causes ulcers. Socrates observed this in ancient
Greece, thousands of years ago. This is probably the best known example of
how an emotion can cause a physical ailment.
And what produces emotion? Remember, an emotion is a feeling. And what we
think, influences how we react to certain events or people. This in turn determines
the emotion we will be feeling. Positive, happy thoughts are what we want
for a strong immune system.
We have difficulty thinking positive thoughts when we are harboring anger
or resentment towards someone. You may be feeling anger and resentment towards
the person who gave you herpes. This is understandable.
Before we can begin to feel happy thoughts, we have to get rid of the negative
thoughts. There is a lot to this. A full discussion of what is involved cannot
be included here. A partial expanation will have to suffice. The process involves
releasing any pent up anger, and forgiving the persons who have harmed us.
There is more on this topic in the online relief program, and the printed
version of the program.
The third type of stress we want to reduce is mental stress. What is mental
stress? Too much thinking, and not enough relaxing. It is easy to reduce this
type of stress. And by far, the simplest methods involve the use of meditation
tapes, or self hypnosis tapes.
Exercise is very helpful in reducing stress. Do something DAILY, for at
least 30 minutes. There are many different activities you can do, solo, or
with others. Vary your routine to make it interesting. This daily exercise
does not have to be strenuous, and it is not necessary to get your heart
rate up to a high level. The objective here is to remove yourself from your
stressful situation in a pleasant activity. This in itself is stress reducing.
However, if you are into it, it is certainly OK to do strenuous aerobic exercise.
You can join a community activities program, ranging from badminton to tennis,
swimming or aerobics, or anything in between. In these programs you will mostly
meet positive people, who are into a healthy lifestyle, and this can provide
motivation as well as a source of companionship and social activity.
Herpes outbreaks have been found to recur when people with the virus ANTICIPATE
stressful events, and EXPERIENCE NEGATIVE MOODS, OR LACK OF SOCIAL SUPPORT.
When social contact is increased, and loneliness decreased, the immune system
gets stronger.
Research has shown that believing you won't have an outbreaks reduces the
chances of having an outbreak. ABOUT HALF OF THE PEOPLE WITH THE HERPES
VIRUS NEVER HAVE OUTBREAKS. TELL YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE.
Your mind and your imagination are two powerful tools which you can use
to help end your herpes outbreaks for good. By using what is called CREATIVE
VISUALIZATION, and AFFIRMATIONS, you can strengthen your immune system, so
that it can keep your virus in remission. There is a lot to learn about how
to do this, and it is beyond the scope of this short article. It and much
more are covered in detail in "The Complete, No Drug, Herpes Relief Program"
mentioned earlier. It covers in length what you can do to lessen the severity
of outbreaks, and what you can do to help speed healing of outbreaks as well.
Certain herbal combinations have proven to be helpful in preventing outbreaks,
by strengthening the immune system. You can find out about a particularly
effective herbal combination for this purpose at this site: www.herpes-herbs.com
I hope this short article has made you feel more hopeful about your life
with herpes now, and given you some ideas on what you can do to help yourself.
Best wishes, SC
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