Reducing The Stress In Your Life by Dr. Jacob Jaffe

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Stress, like the weather, is ever present in our lives. While

unavoidable, we can make it more manageable, just as we can dress

appropriately to suit weather conditions. Stress, defined as our

reactions to external situations or internal psychological states,

affects our physical health and emotional well-being. Despite all the

advice that has been written about stress, why are so many of us

overwhelmed by it?

 

One reason is that we find it difficult to accept that living itself

causes various forms of stress, making it impossible to eliminate. Nor

is all stress bad. The satisfying excitement of achievements and happy

events in our lives result in a stress that we welcome. But it is

realistic to avoid--or at least reduce--the harmful forms of

psychological stress (e.g., worries, anxieties, fears, irritability and

depression) and the damaging physiological reactions (e.g., increased

heart rate, elevated blood pressure, muscular tensions, and an impaired

immune system). Stress may also cause us to behave destructively.

 

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