From Stress To Happiness
« Whole Body Health | Posted on 04/10/2009 08:36 pm by Julia RymutI went from Hyper to Happy…
One Year Ago: A Maniac Mom
One year ago now, I was a mother who became hysterical and screamed at her kids whenever any stress arrived. Anything extra in our schedule made me crazy and I would be embarrassed at my irrational behavior. I would yell at my children for the smallest thing. I would sometimes go to my room just to keep from saying things I would regret.
I’ve always used natural healing, so I tried exercise, watching my diet, meditation, journaling and watching my thoughts to be more positive, but nothing seemed to help my stress reactions.
What’s even crazier about this story is that if you had asked me how I felt, I would have answered “I feel great!” I thought that my short-tempered reactions were just part of motherhood. I never thought that my emotions reflected any ill health.
Then, for unrelated reasons, I began using Essential Oil products.
One Year Later: A More Gentle, Happy Mom
I began using the oils as a curious experiment. They smell lovely; they come in pretty bottles; they are very playful.
My other motivation to begin, was to improve my eyesight. I had heard that NingXia Red could help, and I decided to do a 6 month experiment. I used my “Vital Essentials” regime. I started using a five oils everyday: Valor, Harmony, Joy, White Angelica, and Longevity. Sometimes I’d throw on other oils depending on my mood.
So when I started, I didn’t believe that I would feel better because I didn’t think there was any “better” to feel, and I wasn’t particularly working on my stress levels or general health. However, as time went on and much to my utter amazement, I did feel better. Now I have more energy. My emotions are more stable. I have fought various flus with few symptoms and no real illness. And subtly, very deeply, I feel more vital, more capable, more full of potential than I have for years. In short, I feel brighter.
And most important to me, I am a better Mom now.
Chronic Stress
In retrospect, what was happening that summer of screaming was that I was under chronic, low grade stress, and that my body was in General Adaptive Stress (GAS). My parasympathetic nervous system (the one which controls major emergency functions like “fight or flight”) was working non-stop and my entire metabolic system was taxed and strained. If left unstopped, it could lead to disease. Screaming was my wake-up call.
Luckily, since I was using the Essential Oils, my body was getting lots of support for resetting itself. The oils helped regulate my nervous system and get everything back to normal.
When I stopped yelling, this is when I put it all together.
I have come to trust Essential Oils to do deep healing and support, without toxic side affects.
Essential Oils Heal Deep Wound
Once I was cutting vegetables for a very delicious vegetable salad and I cut off part of my finger and nail. The cut was deep and left a crescent silhouette.
I didn’t have time to fuss with it so I put a couple of drops of Helichrysum on it and bandaged it. For 3 days, I added a drop of Helichrysum when I changed the bandage.
Within 1 week, the wound had filled in enough that it no longer needed covering.
Within 1 month, it had rehealed, including reforming the fingerprint, regaining nerve sensations in the area, and completely filling the missing “crescent”.
I have never seen a wound heal that fast.
Essential Oils Prevent Colds
Every New Year’s Holiday, my family gets together with my best friend’s family. Last year we were 9 people in a cabin up north. Cathy’s son became sick and was hacking and coughing during the weekend, and was eventually diagnosed with pneumonia.
All weekend long, Cathy and I took Thieves blend to prevent getting sick. We begged, admonished, encouraged and nagged everyone to take it also, but no one did.
Within a week, everyone became sick except for Cathy and I.
That is: 7 of 9 people became sick. The same 7 people who did not take Thieves.
Now we both take it at any sign of a coming cold.
Update, we can now get 3 of the 7 other people to take it as well!
I use Essential Oils for everything from cuts and colds to emotional support and deep healing. I have found them to be a great help to me and my family.
Besides, they smell good.