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Signs and Symptoms of Stress

October 8, 2018

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Signs You’re Stressed and You Don’t Even Know It For many people, stress is a common occurrence, arising from various events that happen each day. At some point, stress becomes something that we’re almost used to. However, whether you’re used to being stressed out or not, stress can have the same negative physical and mental effects on you. Stress affects everyone differently. Different things can cause stress more than others depending on the person. However, there are some common…

Unhealthy Coping Skills For Chronic Stress

October 8, 2018

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Your world is full of stressors and while a short burst of stress here and there is normal and a part of life, chronic stress is a whole other matter. Exposure to long-term stress can alter your genes, increase inflammation in the body, and cause a wide variety of serious health issues that affect the body and mind. Learning how to cope with stress in healthy ways is vital to reducing and managing stress, however, there are a variety…

Healthy Coping Skills For Chronic Stress

October 8, 2018

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When you hear the word stress or see it written before you, you know what it is, right? However, if you were to define it you would probably find that your response differs from thousands of others. The official definition of stress, as per the National Institutes of Health is “how the brain and body respond to any demands.” The response is your body’s defense. Perhaps one of the most complicated results of stress is learning how to manage…

Stress And Sleep Disturbances

October 8, 2018

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Stress and sleep loss start a vicious cycle, with one feeding the order and ensuring it gets even worse. Think about it, when you are stressed, you can’t sleep. This lack of sleep then makes you feel more stressed, making it even less likely that you will sleep well the following night. On and on it goes indefinitely, unless you take matters in hand and stop it dead in its tracks. Luckily, unless you been having sleep disturbances for…

How To Know If Your Stress Is Chronic Or Acute

October 8, 2018

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Most people make the incorrect assumption that all stress is the same, when in fact there is such a thing as bad stress and good stress. The stress response in a primal reaction that ensured our survival, but in today’s world, we do not require this response as much, if ever. Instead, our response to stress has been overwritten by being late for work, or experiencing social alienation. While serious in their own right, they do not warrant a…