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Relaxation

Once again, the everyday use of the term relaxation is confusing.
Some people relax by getting into a hot tub,
yet this only relaxes muscles while raising heart rate and blood pressure in the body’s effort to rid itself of excess heat.
Others, relax while jogging, with all systems pumping away. But, to these individuals, relaxation is a mental state akin to meditation.
From a physiological point of view, relaxation is simply the absence of the stress response.
It means physical calmness, not mental bliss. As stress is not worry, fear or depression, relaxation is not the absence of any of these.
Like stress, relaxation refers to a physical, not a psychological state. For instance, one can be quite relaxed, yet worried at the same time.