Using Your Stress Thermometer

A stress thermometer is a a very versatile tool that works by measuring your thumb temperature and giving you digital feedback that enables you develop body/mind interaction skills to manage and improve your stress response.

WHAT DOES TEMPERATURE HAVE TO DO WITH STRESS

Your temperature is one of your body's first responses to stress.

Simply observing your temperature rise and fall on the readout gives you instant feedback to experience firsthand how changing your thoughts causes profound changes in your bodily responses.

Here you see the monitor in action. The temperature pick up is placed on the thumb of your dominant hand and the unit reads out your temperature in tenths of a degree every few seconds. Your extremity temperature will fluctuate, often quite rapidly, in direct response to the stressful thoughts or relaxing thoughts that go through your mind.

Very instructive and revealing!

STRESS MONITORS HAVE LONG BEEN USED AS LIE DETECTORS

Stress Thermometers are so effective at accurately reflecting what goes on internally that they have been used as Lie Detectors for many decades. They aptly reflect mental states which are the root cause of measurable tension in the body, or even the slightest stress.

THEY'RE REGULARLY USED FOR BIOFEEDBACK TRAINING

With the cost of biofeedback training sessions running between $40 to $85 per hour these little monitors offer a surprisingly effective type of biofeedback self-training for Biofeedback Stress Management without the price tag of clinical therapy.

STRESS MONITORING FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE

Since these convenient thermometers are easy to use anywhere, you'll find them in top CEO's briefcases to PGA Pro's golf bags to financial traders desks. The reason they're popping up everywhere that you find top achievers is because they are handy tools for determining when you are in the peak performance zone, which is typically found around 92 - 93 degrees Fahrenheit.

REVEAL YOUR UNKNOWN STRESSORS

Put on your stress monitor when you are on the phone and observe what topics of conversation initiate a fall in your temperature. This will give a helpful insight into how certain stressful topics (or stressful people), even ones that you may be unaware of, are negatively effecting you. In this way you can take a more proactive role in limiting your stressors.

TEST YOUR STRESS MANAGEMENT SKILL LEVEL

Most people have a coping method that they rely on in times of stress. Take your temperature before and after (or during) one of your stress coping strategies and see how effective, or not, your stress coping methods are.

USE YOUR STRESS THERMOMETER TO IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH

Many people are using stress monitoring to help improve healing, and health levels generally. It is widely known that stress is often the root cause of disease. Countless research studies show that that chronic stress leads to immunosuppression, and now research is showing that it can even alter our DNA.

And these are just a few of the uses you'll find for your Stress Thermometer!