In his Book “Cured” Dr. Jeff Rediger Says:
“As soon as I enter, I’m engulfed in the rush and cacophony (harsh sounding confusions) of a large emergency facility. The waiting room is packed. Through the doors that are staff only, people rush past carrying clipboards wheeling carts. The beeping of machines echoes up and down the corridors as I walk to the computer station where I’ll check for that night’s assignments. I log into my account and the requests pop up: a list of patients for whom consults have been ordered.
Tonight I logged in and see a female patient at the top of the list, Eileen, age 64. The brief note reads, ” admitted with chest pains. cardiac workup so far negative. Possible panic attack……there is a whole protocol doctors fly down, checking rapidly for markers of a cardiac (heart) event.
If they don’t find an obvious issue—if the testing reveals that blood and oxygen are moving through the heart appropriately and the heart rhythm is healthy—–they begin to suspect something anxiety–based like a panic attack.
People with panic attacks suffer intensely. They experience the sense of impending doom and often believe they are about to die. They feel a squeezing sensation in the chest which can be terrifying. By the second day of Eileen’s admission to the medical floor when they did not find evidence that she was experiencing a cardiac event they put her on my list.
When I went into her room, Eileen’s posture was ramrod straight. Her apprehension and defensiveness were palpable.
I started the conversation with her the way I start many conversations with patients. “so” I said “it sounds like you’ve had some stress lately”
Her eyes softened immediately, her shoulders sagged with relief. She began to talk”
Eileen’s story is the end result of what we sometimes go through in life ourselves oftentimes to a much smaller degree. However these unacknowledged panic moments, unhandled, broken, stuck, withheld, dominated, communications lead to a lot of physical stress for our bodies. It’s not comfortable to confront and when we don’t have the means to do something about these hidden broken communication stresses in our lives we die a little each and every day.
So my suggestion to you is to grab one of these uncomfortable situations, and put your opinion across to the other party and while it may raise the conflict in the end, communication will resolve it too.
Tips:
- Get in communication with 5 people you have neglected recently and see how your world will positively change.
- if you feel aggrieved, communicate.
- Come to get Back Health this week and get your nervous system aligned so your body can better handle life and livingness.
Yours in Health John Keane, Spinologist