Chronic stress can cause symptoms such as high blood pressure, digestive issues, and a lack of sleep, and can be managed by slowing down, breathing, and incorporating positive rituals into your daily life.
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Stress: It can affect you more than you know
Emotional stress can affect all areas of the body and can be hard to treat, making it important to prioritize daily habits such as food and eating, movement and exercise, sleep and restoration, and stress management to offset the negative effects of stress.
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Handling triggers and relapse during opioid use recovery
Relapse is a common experience for people in recovery from opioid use disorder, and triggers such as stress, isolation, and chronic pain can contribute to relapse, but with the right support and resources, it is possible to navigate triggers and prevent relapse.
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Conquer stress-related eating and learn to love food again
Emotional eating can lead to unwanted weight gain and unhealthy coping mechanisms.
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Power through or take a day off? How to handle the challenging mornings
The next time you wake up feeling firmly set against work, do some investigating to figure out whether you should push through or give yourself the day off.
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Black mothers signal health toll of gun violence
Black mothers are the canaries in the coal mine when it comes to the mental and physical harms of stress from living with gun violence in America.
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Feeling stressed? Try a walk in the park
There appears to be consistent evidence that exposures to natural environments have a positive effect on pain, stress, anxiety, blood pressure and heart rate.
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Useful tools and resources for warding off stress
Staying safe during the COVID-19 pandemic includes being mindful of stress.