Take a Healthy Step 1-2-3…Working Out Stress

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Stress affects each of us in different ways. You may have physical signs (such as headaches, tense or sore muscles, or trouble sleeping), emotional signs (such as feeling anxious or depressed), or both. Healthy habits, including regular physical activity such as walking, can help reduce or prevent some of the harmful effects of stress.

We also respond to stress in different ways: sleeping too much or too little, eating less-than-healthy comfort foods, drinking more alcohol than usual, speaking and moving very fast, slowing down and procrastinating, or rushing around trying to do too many things at once.

Stress sets off a chain of events. The body reacts to it by releasing a hormone, adrenaline, that temporarily causes your breathing and heart rate to speed up and your blood pressure to rise. These physical reactions prepare you to deal with the situation by confronting it or by running away from it — the “fight or flight” response. When stress is constant (chronic), your body remains in high gear off and on for days or weeks at a time.

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