Stress Inoculation - Physical and psychological stress are unavoidable in military operations, yet the negative effects of stress can make it difficult or impossible to operate effectively. Stress is an essential element of warfare, and individual responses to combat-related stress have often been a determining factor in battlefield performance and survival.

Having recognized the effects of stress, the U.S. military designs its training scenarios to be both rigorous and realistic in their stress intensity. Rigorous training improves a person's ability to perform on the battlefield, and exposure to realistic levels of stress can protect or "inoculate" a person from some of the negative effects of operational stress.

The concept of stress inoculation is very much like the concept of preventing a particular disease through vaccination: When stress inoculation occurs, an individual's performance will likely be better the next time he is stressed.

Stress Inoculation Services - What I offer are services that can help the soldier become "stress-hardy", pre-deployment . The military accomplishes a level of stress-hardiness in its training and similations, however, an additional component - one that helps soldiers regulate physiological and psychological hardiness - is what I offer (see the Medical Bibliography on Meditation).