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STRESS

Stress is a normal reaction to everyday pressures, but can become unhealthy when it upsets your day-to-day functioning. Stress is the body’s natural defense against real or imagined danger. According to the American Psychological Association, the three types of stress — acute stress, episodic acute stress, and chronic stress.  Acute stress is most often caused by reactive thinking. Negative thoughts predominate about situations or events that have recently occurred, or upcoming situations, events, or demands in the near future.People who frequently experience acute stress, or whose lives present with frequent triggers of stress, have episodic acute stress. Chronic stress is the most harmful type of stress. If chronic stress is left untreated over a long period of time, it can significantly and often irreversibly damage your physical health and deteriorate your mental health. People with Chronic Stress require extended medical and psychological treatment that includes behavioral and stress management.

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