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Sharing Stress Between Mother & Fetus

Pregnancy, especially for first-time mothers, can be a stressful time because of additional pressure on the body and the amount of change mothers must adjust to. Although occasional feelings of stress are completely normal, some reports have shown expectant mothers with chronic stress inducing detrimental effects on their developing fetus. As mentioned in earlier sections, stress triggers the sympathetic nervous system to release cortisol and other stress hormones as a part of the fight-or-flight response that is primarily designed to go off when the body is presented with danger.

Critical Realm

The human mind is like an iceberg with three distinct realms: the conscious, subconscious and the unconscious. The three realms have different contents and different roles. The structure of the mind gives rise to an important question:

Which of the three realms of the mind is critical for our mental health?

A rapid answer from the top of our heads to this question is of course the conscious. Isn't ourĀ  mental health dependent on the state of our conscious mind?

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