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It seems like you hear it all the time from nearly every one you know - I'm SO
stressed out!?
Pressures abound in this world today. Those pressures cause stress and anxiety,
and often we are ill-equipped to deal with those stressors that trigger anxiety
and other feelings that can make us sick. Literally, sick.
The statistics are staggering. One in every eight Americans age 18-54 suffers
from an anxiety disorder. This totals over 19 million people! Research
conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health has shown that anxiety
disorders are the number one mental health problem among American women and are
second only to alcohol and drug abuse by men. |
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Women suffer from anxiety and stress almost twice as much as men. Anxiety
disorders are the most common mental illness in America, surpassing even
depression in numbers. Anxiety is the most common mental health issue facing
adults over 65 years of age. Anxiety disorders cost the U.S. $46.6 billion
annually. Anxiety sufferers see an average of five doctors before being
successfully diagnosed.
Unfortunately, stress and anxiety go hand in hand. In fact, one of the major
symptoms of stress is anxiety. And stress accounts for 80 percent of all
illnesses either directly or indirectly.
In fact, stress is more dangerous than we thought. You've probably heard that it
can raise your blood pressure, increasing the likelihood of a stroke in the
distant future, but recently a health insurance brochure claimed that 90 percent
of visits to a primary care physician were stress-related disorders.
Health Psychology magazine reports that chronic stress can interfere with the
normal function of the body's immune system. And studies have proven that
stressed individuals have an increased vulnerability to catching an illness and
are more susceptible to allergic, autoimmune, or cardiovascular diseases.
Doctors agree that during chronic stress, the functions of the body that are
nonessential to survival, such as the digestive and immune systems, shut down.
"This is why people get sick," he says. "There are also many occurrences of
psychosomatic illness, an illness with an emotional or psychological side to
it."
Furthermore, stress often prompts people to respond in unhealthy ways such as
smoking, drinking alcohol, eating poorly, or becoming physically inactive. This
damages the body in addition to the wear and tear of the stress itself.
Stress is a part of daily life. It's how we react to it that makes all the
difference in maintaining our health and well-being.
How to Eliminate Stress &
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