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Morning, everyone. Well, it's a damp, drippy, and cloudy day, but it was still nice to sit by my patio table under the balcony deck above me, which kept me sheltered from the rain. I sat there in silent meditation with steaming coffee in hand, listening to the silence broken only by the faint hissing and dripping of light raindrops on the leaves of the trees across from our balcony, The Tree House 🏡
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TODAY'S DISCUSSION:
STRESS AND EFFECT:
Let us begin with Strees and GERD
My Personal Experience With Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
I've been thinking about my stomach problem, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). I strongly suspected that stress can set off the symptoms of GERD. I found them and their link to stress in a Google Search discussing the symptoms of GERD. My gastroenterologist strongly agreed. The keyword seems to be STRESS. The really bad stomach attacks feel like a cobra twisting and tying itself in knots. It's not a very nice feeling, some days worse than others. I am becoming more convinced that the days when I get a lot of "worming around" in my stomach, not like the extreme GERD, just an annoying level of nausea, like a low background rumble of thunder on and off ALL DAY, the possibility of coming my way, can be aggravated by stress .
The annoying level is like a big worm worming its way along, that's stress-related. Now I need to know when that grenade is going to roll under the door. I have to either prevent it from going under the door, catch it and throw it back before it explodes, or just not be present when it goes off. Undue negative feelings that I emit are reflected to me like Karma is the pitcher 🫳⚾️ of the day. Not to be mistaken for a pitcher 🖼️or a 🍶of milk.*_
I NEED TO LEARN WHEN I allow a situation to become volatile and could trigger a response by me that is stressful without realizing it until later. My raised voice, expressing frustration and anger in invective, is triggered by things that bother me, but I need to know why I allow such a response. If I do feel emotional about something, I need to learn to set it aside for later inspection and evaluation before I respond with vituperation.
- Google Search -
Question: What is STRESS and EFFECT?
🔹AI Overview:
Stress is a natural physical and mental reaction to life experiences, challenges, or demands. The effect refers to the resulting changes—such as headaches, anxiety, or high blood pressure—that this stress triggers in your body, mind, and behavior.
The Stress Response
When faced with a challenge or danger, your brain activates a "fight-or-flight" mechanism.
- Brain & Hormones:
- Physical Reaction:
Common Effects of Stress
While short-term stress can be a positive force that motivates you, chronic (long-term) stress can have severe effects:
- Physical Effects:
Headaches, muscle tension, fatigue, *digestive issues, and a weakened immune system.
ME. It affects me mentally, slowing my mental processes, like trying to think through quicksand or molasses, but then pain or extreme discomfort drains all my energy away as well.
- Mental Effects:
- Emotional Effects: Irritability, mood swings, feelings of being overwhelmed, and anxiety.
- Behavioral Effects:
Managing Stress
If left unmanaged, the long-term effects of stress can increase the risk of serious health problems like heart disease and depression...
*Read More - Google Search -*
That's about it for today, folks. Thank you for dropping by to visit and read the Tree House News 🏡
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TOP BREAKING NEWS June 22, 2026:
Tornadoes kill 3 in the Midwest, Plains as storm threat shifts east
An outbreak of tornadoes killed at least two people and left a path of destruction in Illinois and Indiana on Sunday after a tornado earlier in the day killed a person in Kansas.
Nearly three dozen tornado reports were logged by the Storm Prediction Center in Illinois and Indiana, as supercell thunderstorms roared across the region.
CHART | Included: Where recent tornadoes have been reported
- Deadly tornadoes hit Illinois, Kansas
- Storm threat pushes East on Monday
MAP | Included: Today's severe thunderstorm risk
MAP | Included: Today's flooding rainfall risk
Read More:
Updated Jun 22, 2026, 9:02 AM ET - 1 hr 7 min ago
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China hits back at U.S. sanctions on tech giants, restricting its exports to American defense firms
The 10 companies include military drone makers and some involved in rare earth mining.
BEIJING (AP) — China on Monday announced sanctions on 10 American military-related companies in response to a recent U.S. move that bars some leading Chinese tech companies from defense contracts.
The Commerce Ministry said that Chinese companies would be blocked from exporting "dual-use" items to the 10 companies, which include military drone makers and some involved in rare earth mining. Dual use refers to goods that can have military as well as non-military applications.
The ministry said the export ban was both to safeguard China's national security and in response to what it called the U.S. government's "wrongful expansion of its so-called List of Chinese Military Companies."...
- Private Chinese companies considering selling Iran anti-aircraft missiles:
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Jun 22, 2026, 4:36 AM EDT
- MS NOW -
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CANADIAN NEWS:
Gas prices and new incentives sparking more EV sales
EV sales are up 20.8 percent in the first four months of 2026 compared to last year
After months of sluggish sales, electric vehicles are getting a boost from high gas prices and renewed government incentives. EV sales have climbed since January, when the Liberal government restored incentives, and just before the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, sparking a Middle East war that sent gas prices soaring.
According to Statistics Canada data, Canadians bought 8,672 new EVs in January. That rose to 12,547 in February and 21,574 in March, before dipping down to 17,795 in April. Taken together, EV sales in the first four months of 2026 were up 20.8 percent compared to the same period in 2025...
WATCH | Automakers hoping EV rebate can revive sales:
- Sales rise after slow 2025:
CHART | Included: EV sales in Canada
- Canadians interested in low-cost Chinese EVs:
WATCH | Test driving Chinese EVs in Mexico City:
Analysis
For Chinese automakers, markets like Canada are more important than ever
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Posted: Jun 21, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: Jun 21
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A white nationalist group visiting Canadian locations is trying to normalize extremism, says a former neo-Nazi
'They're tapping into the crisis in masculinity that already exists,' says Vancouver-based anti-hate activist
WARNING: This story contains distressing content, including racist language.
A former neo-Nazi says white nationalist groups often raise local issues in an effort to gain legitimacy, promoting extremist ideas and trying to recruit new members in the process.
Tony McAleer, now a Vancouver-based anti-hate activist, spoke to CBC News after Second Sons Canada's two recent northern Ontario visits. "It's nothing new. It's about covering yourself in the cloak of respectability, and it's part of an overall strategy, which has been around for decades, called 'mainstreaming,'" he said.
FRONT BURNER:
Fascist fight clubs are growing across Canada
"Just more dead Canadian kids."
- 'They're not original':
- 'It's easy to get seduced':
- Balancing freedom of expression:
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Posted: Jun 22, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago
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Sure ya, Mother Truckin bunch of marauding Goose Steppers, ya think ya can just take over, eh? When WE, THE PEOPLE OF CANADA, FOUGHT AND GAVE OUR LIVES TO STAY FREE OF HATEFUL, MARAUDING DICTATORS AND DUNCE CADET GESTAPOS. Gas chambers converted to showers to wash the 💩 off these cockroaches 🪳 NO NEED TO WASTE GAS (‿ˠ‿) 💨 Concentration camps 🛖🛖🛖🛖are what we should use to keep these Nazis locked up to rot.
White nationalist group condemned for memorial stunt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-c8M3q_BO4




