CLAIM ADJUSTER STRESS
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of days of change it was very noticeable that making me a priority was uplifting.
This focus seems to have given me a stronger will mentally and emotionally to stay committed to myself by taking care
of myself and the feeling of peace was evident. Even though I am a claim
adjuster, I can finally control
something in my life.
I still struggle each day with the stresses but I seem to be handling them much better. It’s amazing when you finally stop the crazy ride you have kept yourself on, that things are clearer and when you’re paying attention to how you feel; it really makes a difference because in our job the stress will never go away for a claim adjuster.
Stress related illness is an epidemic in the western world. Over two-thirds of office visits to physicians are for stress related illness according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It has been implicated in heart, stomach and mental disorders, along with the more ordinary headaches, backaches, high blood pressure and cholesterol. There are decreased levels of the body’s natural killer cells, to fight infections and tumors so the body starts to break down and stress related illness is evident.
When an adjuster encounters a stressor, whether through our physical or our psychological senses, the endocrine system jumps into action to set things right. Through the coordinated actions of two glands in the brain (the hypothalamus and the pituitary), along with another set of glands that sit just above the kidneys the adrenal glands), stress causes a flow of hormonal signals to be set in motion. These hormonal signals involve epinephrine adrenaline), norepinephrine, cortisol, and numerous intermediary hormones that interact to help regulate important aspects of physiology such as cardiovascular function, energy metabolism, immune-system activity and brain chemistry.
The central nervous system is closely linked to the endocrine system. The brain perceives stress, it responds by secreting a hormone CRH from the hypothalamus in the brain; CRH stimulates the pituitary gland (also in the brain)to secrete the hormone ACTH; and ACTH travels to the adrenal gland (on top of the kidneys) to stimulate cortisol production.
organ and gland in your body; they also have important effects on the way you think and feel. Without the hormones the adrenals produce you would die.
The adrenal gland function is to enable your body to deal with stress from every possible source, ranging from injury and disease to work and relationship problems. They largely determine the energy of your body's responses to every change in your internal and external environment. Whether they signal attack, retreat or surrender, every cell responds accordingly, and you feel the results.
Chronically high cortisol levels lead to adverse effects on various body systems, including muscle and bone loss, fat gain, elevated blood sugar, high blood pressure, suppressed immune-system function, and changes in memory and mood. Stress related illness and/or diseases occur because of an excessive activation of the stress response in the brain and in the endocrine (hormone) system to common everyday sources of physical and psychological stress.
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