Being Chased By A Bear

A year ago I went to the doctor because my hair was falling out by the handful. I was losing weight, my skin hurt to touch and I was having trouble sleeping. I was convinced I'd picked something up while in Haiti or was suffering from some sort of hormone imbalance. She checked my thyroid, ran a ton of tests and guess what? There was nothing medically wrong with me.

I was told it was stress.

Turns out your body has no way of differentiating between a physical threat, like being chased by a bear, and an internal threat...stress. 

Fast forward one year, and stress has taken it's toll again...I'm suffering from a horrible case of strep throat, with tonsillitis and the inside of my mouth and throat are covered in fever blisters. Doctor said it's all stress related. Lack of sleep, compromised immune system, emotional overload...the body can only take so much before it rebels. 

How am I going to stop this from happening again? Good question...I have a couple ideas, but first, I gotta get healthy.