I am currently on medication for high blood pressure which is an inherited trait and I have a particular aim – which is to lower my BP naturally to the point where I can rid myself of the pills. I certainly won’t be irresponsible about this as I am very aware – given past career as a nurse – of the dangers of hypertension.
One of my interests in hypnosis is to see how much this can help me and so far my almost miraculous conversion to long term exercise and losing weight through that method has been successful. That is perhaps the most important step forward but I also find myself looking at other behaviours in myself that can if overcome also contribute towards a reduction in my blood pressure naturally.
So it was with some interest that I came across this paragraph in an article recently:
Men’s grudge-bearing may not just be antisocial, according to other previous research it might harm their hearts. For example a study by Hope College Michigan, asked 71 people to think about someone who had hurt them and found that their blood pressure surged and heart rates increased. Their muscles also tensed and they perspired more. When they were asked to imagine forgiving their transgressors, their cardiovascular stress levels dropped. There it is again – just the mental process of thinking and imagining has such a profound on us physically. No wonder this hypnosis stuff works.
That paragraph was from an article about the differences between males and females with regards to bearing a grudge. A report in The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology reveals that American researchers have found that men are significantly less forgiving than women. The scientists report that the only way to get a man to drop his long-term grudge-holding ways is to encourage him to develop some semblance of feminine-style empathy.
The lead researcher, Julie Juola Exline, of Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, found that men’s capacity to forgive can rise markedly if they are encouraged to feel empathy towards the people who have offended them.
Exline suggests that women have been taught from an early age to be more sypmathetic and to lean towards relationship-building, rather than focusing on the “I’m gonna get even” that men obsess about.
Maybe we have to reassess that saying “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”.
So my advesaries can come out of the closet today – I will be in a very forgiving state of mind. How long will that last – ah that is where hypnosis will come in.
Will it help my blood pressure – well it may not make a major impact as I am not that vengeful on the whole, but as they say – every little helps.
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About Keith Watson
Hi - I am Keith Watson.
This blog is dedicated to Banger - a teacher from my teenage years who - at least once a week - insisted upon cracking the hilarious - and I have to say - never heard before line "What's on Watson?".
I would smile demurely - the rest of the class would fall about with sides aching - and life would go on for another week.
'Wats-on My Mind' I have decided will assist me personally as well as be of interest to others (I hope) who share my challenges. It will help keep me organised and document my activities so that I know what I did yesterday.
You think I am joking!!
I have been in the website development game since 1993 and have been involved with over 2000 website builds (with the help of my fantastic team of freelance programmers)
It was only in the last two years though that I have moved over to making money for myself on line and in particular linking up with an amazing talent called Adam Eason to produce and distribute self help and hypnotherapy products.
As a result of looking to promote these products I have downloaded hundreds of internet marketing articles and e-books, studied countless reports, tested list building tactics, butterflied, boot-camped, buzzed, adsensed, affiliated, met a jerk, jv'ed, plr given-awayed, and generally suffered from information overload.
My computer - presumably in a fit of pique or simply demanding a holiday has given up the ghost on at least two occassions - causing me even more stress.
Oh this simple business of making money online.
BUT the great news is that it is all working and our list has grown - I have found some gurus I have complete faith in - and Adam and I are actually making money from our endeavours.
Some way to go but I am more relaxed and can spot a phoney over hyped, sexed up, must have latest product which you must either buy or if not, simply fade into oblivion. There’s not room on this Internet for the two of us.
This ramble of an introduction is really to set the scene for I am sure an interesting journey which I invite you to join. In fact I want you to help me find the right tools, scripts, plugins etc. etc, that will catapult me into the stratosphere of success. I hope you will be there with me.
I don't just consider success in a monetary sense. I so want to help some friends of mine who are involved in Christian missionary work in some pretty harrowing parts of this world. If I can bring any help to their missions that will give me more satisfaction than anything else.
I really, really do love this web stuff and the people you meet. I am convinced that this powerful technology can be harnessed to do some good.
