Prolonged stress can put our bodies in a heightened state of arousal and that can have long-term effects on our health. The tricky part of this statement is that “prolonged” is relative, we are taught to overlook health, and few of us actually know what our bodies are trying to tell us. We are conditioned to use each other to feel loved, normal, and valued. This conditioning happens to us as children. We lose touch with our instincts and become adults that depend on coping mechanisms. We build our entire life so that others can be proud of us. Sometimes it’s for people we don’t even know.

This conditioning leaves us feeling overworked, under-loved, and sick. Stuck in a cycle of trying to get somewhere.