Are You Stressed?

Apr 6

We are all familiar with stress and while some stress is inevitable (and can even be beneficial), being consistently stressed can have a negative effect on your physical, emotional, and mental health.

This has been a topic that has been coming up a lot lately and it can actually be a little difficult to recognize when you are stressed. We are able to adapt to what we are experiencing, and most of us are so used to experiencing stress that we don’t even notice that we are stressed until we reach a breaking point.

It is important to address stress before it becomes a major issue and to have some go to stress relievers in your toolbox. It may feel like you don’t have time or energy to add anything else, but it doesn’t have to take a long time and can have an outsized benefit. Unchecked, long-term stress can lead to a number of health issues, including high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, anxiety, and depression. As they say, if you do not make time for you wellness, you will be forced to make time for your illness.

Below are some subtle and short term signs that you are stressed, and some quick and easy things you can do in order to address it and relieve your stress. Just as different things stress out different people, everyone experiences stress in a slightly different way and will resonate with different ways to deal with it.

Some signs that you may be stressed: