Holidays Got You Stressed? Changing Your Brainwaves Will Help

You are not the only one who gets stressed out when another holiday rolls around. It doesn't matter if it's Christmas, or Easter, or even St. Patrick's Day in some families, there is an undeniable element added to the festivities, that can have you hiding in your room.

Why Holidays Are So Stressful

• There's just so little time to do everything the way you feel it needs to be done. You may be trying to resurrect an old family tradition, complete with folded napkins, that you, working full time, find very hard to do.


• It's expensive. You are probably having more than your immediate family over for the festive meal, so, of course it's going to cost a pretty penny...that you probably don't have. That means you'll put it on your credit cards, if they're not already full, and feel the stress of being over extended...again.


• And more expensive. Most holiday's have financial expenditures...Christmas the leader in this. Making sure you've purchased something appropriate for everyone on your list, within your budget, can become gut-wrenchingly difficult...especially if they happen to be hard to buy for.


• Obligations. The holiday season seems to demand so much extra time from you. If it's Christmas, there may concerts, parties, open house events, and additional social functions. You soon have no time to relax and recharge. When you don't have time to recover from the stresses of the day, you become stressed out really quickly.


• You may end up with a house full of guests...extra sheets and towels need to be prepared, family may need to give up their beds, extra toilet paper needs to be bought etc. Having people stay overnight is stressful, even if you get along. Anything out of the norm is stressful.


• Or you may need to travel. Travel is expensive...gas prices go up during a holiday season...no matter how you travel, you will be affected by this. Roads are busy, airplanes and trains are crowded.

How Holiday Stress May Affect You

• You may feel exhausted, before you even get up.


• Your body may ache, your arthritis may flare up, and you back may scream bloody murder.


• Your blood pressure may go up.


• Your head hurts.


• You feel anxious and moody.


• You may even cry in frustration.


• Your stomach may cause you distress. If you have an ulcer, it will hurt more.


• You may experience diarrhea or constipation.


• You may find it difficult to sleep or stay asleep. Your mind won't slow down, your thoughts may race.


• You may gain weight. When you are stressed, cortisol, a stress hormone is released in great quantities. Cortisol promotes high levels of ghrelin, which nags you to seek out comfort foods in the form of carbohydrates. Cortisol also promotes low levels of leptin, a hormone that tells us that we are full. You will feel like you just can't fill up.

Managing your holiday stress is the only way you'll get through it.

Brainwave entrainment can give you that mental break that will help make everything else work out, with less stress. It's all about changing your brainwave pattern from one of low amplitude to one of high amplitude.

Brainwave entrainment is a neurotechnological tool that stimulates the brain to follow a specific pattern of frequency. The brain mimics this pattern and alters its state of consciousness, producing a calming, healing effect, lowering the release of stress hormones, while elevating the amount of feel good hormones in the body.

Holidays don't always have to be so stressful.

Why don't you enjoy the next one, for a change?