I was trained to alert Nancy whenever her cortisol levels are low. This can happen whenever she encounters more stress than her system can anticipate or handle. What I have observed over the years of monitoring her is that just getting her to move away from stressful situations can improve her cortisol levels. Most people need to reduce their cortisol levels, but Nancy because she has Addison’s, and her pituitary doesn’t make any ACTH she needs to administrate it manually.
So here is my story:
We were sitting at an outside table at a café we liked to frequent. Nancy likes it for the food and occasional coffee. I liked it because I can watch the people coming and going down the street. Things seemed normal in the beginning that morning, but then shortly after an argument began to unfold at a table a few tables away from ours. At first, they tried to keep their voices low, but soon their voices became louder, and sharper. I could see Nancy try to shake off the stress that was unfolding at that table by slowing her breathing down. Then she reached down and touched my head, I think in hopes of grounding herself, as the disagreement at the nearby table grew louder.
I was watching her levels and was trying to calculate what we needed to do. Did the staff need to intervene? Or did we just need to exit? As their voices escalated, I realized that we needed to exit. Yes, our perfect morning at the café would be interrupted, but I also realized that no amount of cortisol would make it possible for her to stay with this amount of upheaval going on so close to us. I stood up and indicated to Nancy that we needed to leave. She didn’t resist. Instead, she paid the waiter, gathered her things, and followed me out of the café. Yes, our café morning was cut short, but we had managed to handle the situation without more medication.
So, what do you do when you find yourself in an unexpected stressful situation? Do you know what your tolerance point feels like? Do you know how it feels when your body says this is too much? Do you have an exit plan for when you reach that point? If you don’t, do you know how to create one?
If you would like some help reconnecting more deeply with yourself so you have the ability to distinguish if you need to leave or say something, I suggest you explore the I Create What I Believe (ICWIB) program where my friend Luke will demonstrate the ICWIB activities and show you how to shift mind states which is where this ability to connect deeply with ourselves lives.
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