Stress is turning up more and more as a contributor to health problems of all kinds, including anxiety and depression. The problem isn’t so much the worst traumas, such as the death of loved ones, divorce, or losing your job. It’s also the constant stress arising from pressures at work, the burden of debt, living in deeply troubled relationships - conditions that can stay with us for years and years.
There’s an impressive list of studies linking long-term stress to many illnesses....
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