@Cath62 yes, very similar. I’m just reading a book about the effects of emotional stress on the body, and it definitely causes inflammation, which basically sets your body up for diseases. One of our biggest enemies is inflammation, which is why I take a turmeric supplement every day. I used to drink it as tea but it’s too disgusting. Another thing I’ve read that you mentioned is low vit D levels. I’m fair so stay out of the sun, and I’m pretty sure my levels were quite low too, and that’s another supplement I now take. But the main cause of these things is also stress. That’s when the body can’t function properly and goes all out of whack. So of course our cells will start to go haywire in those situations. I also got terrible facial acne when the panic attacks started, roughly 2 years before I was diagnosed. And I had problems with heavy periods. I believe that’s when my first tumour started growing (it was grade 1). Nothing I tried worked. Then I was diagnosed, had surgery and a month later acne gone all on its own. I couldn’t believe it. I asked my first surgeon if it was connected and he said no. I ask myself now and the answer is yes, cos I know myself a lot better than he does. To be fair, I agree with the WHO about excessive drinking etc. I believe it def causes a lot of harm to the body. And im glad they recognise a burn out as something serious which we should try to avoid. I’m just annoyed when, as you said, they mostly target women, and even sometimes use that as a main cause, and not just the WHO. In moderation, I think it’s fine. It’s stress and pent up (childhood) trauma we should be dealing with first.
