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Stress - Embracing your anger.

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All of us feel a degree of stress. The person who feels none is either insensitive or dead. How we perform under stress, and how we manage stress is really the focal point of many clients who come and visit a hypnotherapist. They may have apparently specific issues, but in reality there is a cumulative weight from several directions which they finally feel is just to much to bear. For some people this comes out as anger.  For others it is far more subtle, perhaps an eating disorder or skin problems. For some, I am convinced, it manifests itself in the form of degenerative illnesses or even cancer. Yes, that's pretty contentious. And yet, I am not alone in the idea. Did the stress from work actually cause the cancer? Probably not. Did the way the client manages stress generally cause the cancer? Very possibly. The more we bottle things up, and leave angst unexpressed, the more likely these issues are to come out in ways that are far more damaging and unhealthy. It's f