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The stress response, also known as "fight or flight" is a physiological process that occurs when we are in danger, or faced with a threat. In our everyday lives, we come across situations that trigger this stress response, whether it is when we are coming up to a big deadline, running late for an appointment, or preparing to have a difficult conversation. As a short-term reaction, this response is important because it makes us alert, improves performance, and provides us with motivation to complete the task at hand. If these moments are short lived, we are able to return back to a relaxed state, and our body can recuperate from the experience. However if these situations are prolonged or we continuously perceive experiences as threats, we start to live in a chronic state of fight or flight, which can start to negatively impact our overall health. To understand the process in which chronic stress evolves, we can break it down into 3 stages:
In our busy world, there is no way to completely avoid stress; however, we have many ways that we can help our body not only deal with the repercussions of stress, but also make our body more resilient, so that we may learn to perceive situations as less of a threat going forward. Here are some evidence based ways to reduce and prevent chronic stress:
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