Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Bertie Ledger-Advance
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Heart
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internal medicine at
Vidant Internal Medi
cine in Edenton, said
there are two different
types of stress - acute
(short-term) stress is
the body’s instant re
sponse to any situation
that seems demanding
or dangerous. Chronic
(long-term) stress is
caused by stressful sit
uations or events that
last over a long period
of time.
Stress can lead to
high blood pressure, ir
regular heartbeat, heart
attack and/or heart fail-
“Over time stress
can affect not just your
heart, but your entire
body. It can affect your
immime system where
you’re more likely to
get sick more often,
chronic illness, mus
cles and the stomach,”
Bonner said. “It could
also affect your repro
ductive organs, lungs
and skin.”
Bonner also talked
about stress and how it
can affect the mind.
“Being under a great
deal of stress can add
to feelings of depres
sion, such as sadness,
increased crying, poor
motivation, fatigue,
etc,” Bonner said. “We
can’t always control
the things that cause us
stress, but we can con
trol how we respond or
how we cope. You have
to find your ovm way of
living with heart.”
Living with heart was
the theme,for the heart
health event this year.
After Bormer talked
about stress, he intro
duced Sears who went
more into detail about
heart disease and living
with it.
“Heart diseEise is a
gut check; it changes
everything you know,”
Sears said.
Sears is a professor
of psychology and car
diovascular sciences at
East Carolina Univer
sity. He said heart dis
ease is tricky, because
a long time ago when
someone had heart dis
ease, they didn’t know
how to cope with it, so
it took their life. Sears
said the goal of his pre
sentation was for ev
eryone to walk away
with one new strategy
on how to cope with
heart disease.
“Living with heart
means full Engagement
of your mind and body
to live life fully,” Sears
said. “Preventing heart
problems or recovering
from heart issues takes
deliberate and strategic
steps.”
Sears listed some
mind strategies when
dealing with the heart,
one being to check
stress level regularly to
catch distress early.
“Identifying early
distress can allow you
to change course and
manage it before it gets
out of control,” Sears
said.
Other mind strate
gies are acknowledging
changes as challenges
and develop life change
tolerance, engage in
goal setting and acti
vate positive thinking.
“The power of posi
tive thinking involves
realistically evaluating
the events of life and
choosing to empha
size the desirable and
valuable aspects of the
world around us,” Sears
said. *
Sears also listed body
strategies when dealing
with the'heart.
“Plan some pleasant
events,” Sears said. “To
break the cycle of stress
and distress, make and
follow a plan of pleas
ant and peaceful activi
ties.”
Other body strategies
are to maintain physi
cal activity level, get
plenty of sleep and to
relax and take care of
yourself.
“Involving loved ones
can also be an impor
tant part of a wellness
plan,” Sears added.
“We all have limited
time,, so how we spend
time with others can be
important.”
Sears said that cop
ing with heart disease
requires a toolbox of
strategies. The more
strategies someone has
the more successful
they will be. He listed
five strategies that will
help people cope. He
called it a ‘coping line
up.’ The line-up is - out
look, support, action,
knowledge and stress
management.
The first of that line-
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The Windsor High School Class of 1929, which included the ring’s owner - Julia Lawrence.
Found
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We did a lot of research and
made a book of the years of the
school,” added Warlick.
This book contained class pic
tures of the graduating classes
from the school.
The class of 1929’s picture was
in the book.
The ring’s owner was Julia
Lawrence, a 1929 graduate of
Windsor High School.
Lawrence has a daughter,
Cornelia Asbell, who currently
resides in Florida.
“She (Asbell) was just tick
led,” said Warlick.
Corprew was planning to ship
the ring from Texas to Asbell in
Florida last Friday.
“ I remember him (Corprew)
trying to find the owner of the
ring back then, and the funny
thing is, the daughter was only
three classes behind him,” War
lick added.
up is outlook, which
is about survivorship.
Sears said a shift from
victim to survivor re
duces stress, and that
people should take
pride from their scars.
The next step is social
support. Sears asked
people to consider who
their lifelines were, the
people on whom they
can call in times of
need. Sears said it’s im
portant for everyone to
have three lifelines.
“Lifelines can be any
one, a friend, a relative,
a medical professional,
a pastor,” Sears said.
“Supportive communi
cation requires a RING
plan (reassure, instill
hope, normalize and go
plan).”
The third step in cop
ing is to take action.
Sears said it is impor
tant to do what you
love.
“Identify activities
you love and find time
to fit them into your
schedule,” Sears said.
The next part of cop
ing is to be knowledge
able about the disease.
“Knowledge alone
doesn’t make change.
You have to engage your
mind and your actions
and understand how
you body and mind can
live with heart disease
and adapt,” Sears said.
The final step in
coping, according to
Sears, is stress manage
ment. He said this step
is about focusing on
coping and to tolerate
stress, to recognize vic
tories and re-engage.
“Every change leads
to more changes. Start
coping by making small
changes in small ways,”
Sears said.
Sears closed out by
telling the audience
that the quality of life is
an achievement, not an
entitlement.
All citizens who par
ticipated in the heart
health event were given
a goodie bag from the
hospital and a pletho
ra of infonnation and
take-home pamphlets.
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