| Show 2— The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March 23 1986 Stress response can save or destroy director says j By Barbara Stinson Lee correspondent s 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 I The cold clammy hands dry mouth rapid heart beat and increased blood pressure which come with the uncomfortable moments in our lives can be what saves us according to Dr Calvin R Peterson director of Logan Regional Hospital's Pain and Stress Clinic Gone unchecked they can lead to serious illness even death he said in an address Saturday afternoon at Logan Regional Hospital The event was sponsored by the Northern Utah Multiple Sclerosis Society 4 Peterson who is also an adjunct professor of 4' 4' Psychology at Utah State University and in private practice said many of our attitudes 4 about stress come from the way we talk about 4‘ it - “Much comes from common parlance” he said “Actually the concept of stress is rather abstract It's really our own perceptions — the way we view things and our reactions to them" 4' 4 Peterson described some of the physical 4‘ S': components of stress including butterflies in 4 the stomach muscle tightness and headaches 4 4 “It's the 'fight or flight’ response we hear so 4 much about” he said “In stressful or the butterflies in our 5 emergency situations stomach are our digestive systems slowing down allowing an increased blood supply to the brain Our rapid breathing rushes more oxygen to the muscles Increases in heart rate and blood pressure are activation responses Sugars and fats rush into the blood stream to provide :':-- 4 - increased energy and our muscles tighten for action These are a constellation of thing! that go together which make up the alarm reaction" According to Peterson while the “fight or flight" reaction can be helpful in times of emergency human beings can’t maintain that response indefinately “There are numerous situations in modern life which create these physical reactions which we don't always act upon” Peterson said When we try to cope with a lot of atreeful situations at once with no outlet Peterson said that overstress is apt to occur With overstress can come a host of physical and psychological problema “When a human becomes angry or upset the muscles in their cranial areas tense up kind of like a cramp” he said “Thp most common reason for doctors’ office visits today is headaches Stress also changes the digestion sometimes creating ulcers” According to Peterson many of the disease processes seen today are the result of stress responses Peterson said that modern day stress has changed medical practice dramatically over the last fifteen years Doctors he said used to see a lot of infectious diseases Antibiotics changed that Now they see a lot of stress related symptoms which can produce pain “Chronic pain is the country's costliest health problem" Peterson said “Nine out of 10 adults suffer from headaches and 80 percent of all adults will suffer from chronic back pain sometime in their lives “Seventy million Americans have chronic back pain now and more work is lost every year from back pain than any other complaint” he said “One half of all doctor’s office visits are made by the worried well" Peterson said “and for 60 percent of all patients there is no organic basis to their physical symptoms” Peterson said continued stress and a hectic lifestyle left unchecked can create real physical problema and stress will exacerbate almost any existing health problem “One third of American adults suffer from high blood pressure and SO million Americans suffer from heart or vascular diseases” he said “This year one million Americans will suffer heart attacks eight million will have ulcers We will have 12 million alcholics “There will be five billion doses of antidepressants and tranquilizers dispensed this year” he said “At the current rate by the year 2000 everyone in America will be on tranquilizer!" Another ugly result of unchecked stress he said is damaged relationships “A lot of the work we do in the pain clinic is marriage and family counseling” he said “It’s almost like sitting down and interpreting the a ufferer can’t make decisions and that where xet he sshl more stress comes from individuals still hesitate to seek counseling for what might be stress induced symptoms “Some people are more comfortable being referred to a surgeon for their ukers Uun they are being referred to a psychologist he said “We are still living under a mental health stigma which we are only gradually getting over Peterson suggests stress victims tryto find some way to disentangle themselves from bad or ones over which they seem to have no control He also recommends a less time oriented lifestyle “Racing with the clock has become such a have learned part of our culture” he said "Wewith sloth sod to associate the idea of idleness all things bad “We also have a tendency to live by the old Puritan Protestant ethic putting our shoulders to the wheel There has to be a better balance between achievement and relaxation “Our physiology is capable of learning without us recognizing it" he said "We can learn all kinds of maladaptive ways of dealing with stress It becomes a viscioui cycle We lose self esteem and the less we do the less we are capable of doing Then we start to internalize problem” According to Peterson stress is also responsible for much of the depression seen by physicians today “People find themselves unable to act on their feelings and make things better One of the most common symptoms of depression is that the “We have to seek out ways to become more assertive” he said “which is basically showing ourselves as much respect as we show others Coping with stress is as broad as coping with life The more we increase our quality of life the better our outllok will be” ft i i § ft ft ft ft a a Shuttle broke apart in atmosphere says salvage chief : a a a a r -- a: CANAVERAL Fla participating in the recovery The space shuttle operation spent the day in port R Challenger broke apart high in the atmosphere after it Buckingham in charge of the exploded Jan 28 and some Navy's role in the salvage large pieces of wreckage from operation said most of the the orbiter hit the water rela- wreckage of the space shuttle tively intact the Navy’s has been found strewn across the seabed in a roughly oval salvage chief said Saturday The massive search for shut- area measuring 5 miles by 7 tle wreckage was on hold Sat- miles starting some 16 miles urday because of high winds east of Challenger’s launch pad "Based on the size of the area and rough seas and all but one of the nine surface ships we’re finding the orbiter in it CAPE (UPI) t r i a ft' - t- f N a t — James Cmdr obviously broke up high in the radars including a Federal atmosphere and came down in a Aviation Administration system lot of smaller pieces" he said in at nearby Patrick Air Force an interview “The same thing Base shortly after the with the external tank and the explosion and that some of them solid rocket boosters fell roughly intact to the ocean “The external tank seems to 89 miles below be mostly in an area about a Challenger's three liquid-fuele- d mile a wide main engines for examand about 8 miles long right ple were recovered from the now” same area by Navy divers Buckingham said several working from the USS Predistinct pieces of shuttle debris server Feb 24 The orbital were detected by tracking maneuvering system engines mile-and-a-h- the rockets used to slow the orbiting spaceship for were housed in pods above the said The salvage chief said he could not discuss any aspects of the recovery of crew cabin main engine compartment Those apparently broke away wreckage or remains of the astronauts The wreck of the from the engine structure “Basically it looks like the crew module was confirmed main engines and their March 8 by divers from the structure hit in one pile whereas Preserver in 100 feet of water 16 we have not found the miles offshore rockets those do not seem to be Sources close to the inin that pile so those may have vestigation said a large part of come off the structure they the wreckage involved the upwere attached to” Buckingham per flight deck of the crew cabin re-ent- ry re-ent- ry Military maneuvers start near Libya - WASHINGTON The United (UPI) States started a new round of military maneuvers near Libya Saturday night with Navy war jets flying in the region that includes Moammar Khadafy’s “line of death” Pentagon sources said The sources said the operations began at EST immediately after a Notice of Intent filed by the US 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean took effect warning civil aviation authorities of maneuvers It was the fifth notice in the Tripoli Flight Information Region or FIR since of exercises to demonstrate US resolve to operate ships and planes off 7 l ft ft ft - ftr ft ft I pm mid-Janua- ry the Libyan coast The Tripoli FIR includes the elbowshaped Gulf of Sidra which Khadafy claims is entirely Libyan territory In January he drew an imaginary boundary across the mouth of the gulf calling it his “line of death” and warned American ships and planes to stay out or risk confrontation It was not clear immediately whether US planes will cross the mouth of the gulf The United States only recognizes a international limit off the coast of the north African nation Whether American aircraft will fly over 12-mi- le the Gulf of Sidra will depend on Khadafy’s reaction to the presence of the task force and planes flying in the FIR north of “the line of death” the sources said Pentagon spokesman Lt Col Gene Sands said the United States filed the notice of intent late Friday telling Libya that US jets would begin flying in the FIR at 7 pm EST Saturday The notice is in effect until 6:59 pm EST April 1 Sands said The previous notice of intent expired Thursday night While the notices are not mandatory they have been sent before other military flights in the Tripoli FIR ft I ft ft ft ft I ft Historical Farm to open for Easter visitors I On the pioneer farm of early Cache Valley the Easter season was a busy time with lots of farm work r- spring The Ronald V Jensen Living Historical Farm staff will I herald Easter in much the same I way on next Saturday r The farm will be open to the public from 10 am to 4 pm ft ft V ft said Dr director Jay Anderson farm Caring for them and other normal seasonal farm work will be going on “We’ll be doing spring cleaning getting a fresh start for the year We’ll make whitewash and whitewash the inside of the kitchen and put linseed oil on the outbuildings to preserve the Saturday will see Visitors new life wood” he said i associated with Easter and the Since coloring eggs is tradiI spring season “We have baby tional the staff will be doing chicks new lambs and calves” that They'll wrap the eggs in i scraps of fabric and put them in i boiling water so the dye from I the cloth will transfer to the : eggs Clothes blueing and natuUSPS 2418 7000 ' ral dies such as onion skin are w R Paul Publisher other ways of coloring eggs i: "We’ll have a big bowl of Published every evening Monday thru colored and eggs as a centerpiece in Sunday morning by Cache i: Friday the sitting room” Anderson said He said the farm staff members have talked with a number of older people in the community to see what their recollections are about what Easter was like in the early days Several elderly volunteers have been invited to be on hand Saturday and relate childhood memories 7S2 2121 before 7 pm wee mgfits or 9 "We hope for a nice sunny am Sundays day” Anderson said "because OFFICE HOURS: 100 am to 500 pm weekdays a 30 a major activity will be washing am to I7:X pm Saturdays clothes using washtubs and POSTMASTER: Address changes to The washboards and our own Herald Journal 75 West 3rd North homemade soap then hanging Logan Utah 14321 ft ft ft ft ft for Easter Sunday We invite them on outside lines to dry "We want the clothes and the visitors to bring families and farm all cleaned up and ready participate with us” he laid r ft IRAS SH0ULDEE RETIRED ft ft ft ft ft I IRA Only a Flex-PAfrom Transamerica Life gives you the intimate Combination: High yield low risk And that’s saying a lot Because unlike other financial institutions we've been abfe to offer you a higher interest rate And with billions in assets to back us you can be sure we’re here to stay C So before the 1000 WfeTl IKA C HByfc— SHPl HKi1 you long after CSI Financial An AHMioHolUSU Credit Union 695 E 1000 N 753-455- Community Have you ever talked “roeone only to think that the two of you were Logon 9 LaMar Nalson so at Martin-Jone- s Irs important that you understand the benefits and flexibility of today a insurance plans Not William K Martin NAME AUIiKLSS UTY rush fill in this coupon ZIP STATE Martin-Tone- s PHONE 7 hr twia heww fate se V IldMAfWTi-- 1 average agency tax-seas- on Or call us tell you all about the Flex-PA- We’re not your The IRA that works for the others retire ft Herald Journal Easter Truffles 1 WHYOIHER ft ft Delicious Joseph Schmidt Transamerica Pension Services hnewr ewft AfJMh INSURANCE-FINANCIA- L William I Martin Logan 53-4339 & Co PLANNING 3rd Floor Logan SAL Bldg 399 N Main Suite 303 |
