ess when it happens and to minimize its effect on your body.

While you cannot avoid all instance of stress, you can prevent some attacks by adopting the “regular habits” approach to life. Whenever possible, create regular habits for yourself like regular wake and sleep hours, mealtimes, exercising schedul

Traffic! High prices! Unemployment! Terrorists! Stress! Stress! Stress! Battling stress is a common problem in America today. It affects rich and poor, young and old, alike. How well do you recognize this enemy’s effects? Have you prepared good battle plans?

I’m sure you recognize that people who suffer from headaches, chest pain, pounding heart, high blood pressure, clenched jaws, angry outbursts, and grinding teeth have unhealthy amounts of stress in their lives, but there are other symptoms that you might not so readily associate with stress. For example, would you think of stress if you experienced forgetfulness, insomnia, tight and sore muscles, hyperventilation or shallow breathing, fatigue, constipation or diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, hives, decreased sex drive, binge eating, depression, or loss of appetite? Yet, all of these are possible results of the effects of stress on the human body, mind, and emotions.

With these reactions, and many more unhealthy and traumatic results on your daily life, stress is indeed an enemy to battle. I suggest that you battle it on two main fronts: the Pre-stress Front and the Post-Stress Front. First, take steps to avoid stress as much as possible. Then, learn to recognize stress when it happens and to minimize its effect on your body.

While you cannot avoid all instance of stress, you can prevent some attacks by adopting the “regular habits” approach to life. Whenever possible, create regular habits for yourself like regular wake and sleep hours, mealtimes, exercising schedule

om headaches, chest pain, pounding heart, high blood pressure, clenched jaws, angry outbursts, and grinding teeth have unhealthy amounts of stress in their lives, but there are other symptoms that you might not so readily associate with stress. For example, would you think of stress if you experienced forgetfulness, insomnia, tight and sore muscles, hyperventilation or shallow breathing, fatigue, constipation or diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, hives, decreased sex drive, binge eating, depression, or loss of appetite? Yet, all of these are possible results of the effects of stress on the human body, mind, and emotions.

With these reactions, and many more unhealthy and traumatic results on your daily life, stress is indeed an enemy to battle. I suggest that you battle it on two main fronts: the Pre-stress Front and the Post-Stress Front. First, take steps to avoid stress as much as possible. Then, learn to recognize stress when it happens and to minimize its effect on your body.

While you cannot avoid all instance of stress, you can prevent some attacks by adopting the “regular habits” approach to life. Whenever possible, create regular habits for yourself like regular wake and sleep hours, mealtimes, exercising schedul

ss, insomnia, tight and sore muscles, hyperventilation or shallow breathing, fatigue, constipation or diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, hives, decreased sex drive, binge eating, depression, or loss of appetite? Yet, all of these are possible results of the effects of stress on the human body, mind, and emotions.

With these reactions, and many more unhealthy and traumatic results on your daily life, stress is indeed an enemy to battle. I suggest that you battle it on two main fronts: the Pre-stress Front and the Post-Stress Front. First, take steps to avoid stress as much as possible. Then, learn to recognize stress when it happens and to minimize its effect on your body.

While you cannot avoid all instance of stress, you can prevent some attacks by adopting the “regular habits” approach to life. Whenever possible, create regular habits for yourself like regular wake and sleep hours, mealtimes, exercising schedul

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With these reactions, and many more unhealthy and traumatic results on your daily life, stress is indeed an enemy to battle. I suggest that you battle it on two main fronts: the Pre-stress Front and the Post-Stress Front. First, take steps to avoid stress as much as possible. Then, learn to recognize stress when it happens and to minimize its effect on your body.

While you cannot avoid all instance of stress, you can prevent some attacks by adopting the “regular habits” approach to life. Whenever possible, create regular habits for yourself like regular wake and sleep hours, mealtimes, exercising schedul

ess when it happens and to minimize its effect on your body.

While you cannot avoid all instance of stress, you can prevent some attacks by adopting the “regular habits” approach to life. Whenever possible, create regular habits for yourself like regular wake and sleep hours, mealtimes, exercising schedules, work and play schedules, dietary habits, housekeeping habits, and health maintenance. In addition, avoid sweets, caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, overtime, and self-doubt or self-condemnation. Realize that any change in your routine or lifestyle creates stress, even if that change is a pleasant or planned one. Even happenings in our friends and loved ones’ lives affect our stress levels.

Balance is a key word in reducing stress. Spend healthy amounts of time relaxing and sleeping as well as working and exercising. If you work or live in a stressful situation, spend as much time as possible in a peaceful environment to balance out the load. Just as your body needs balance in nutrition, body pH, water intake, exercise, and body system functions, so your mind and emotions need balance in exercise and rest, activity and relaxation, and social time and private time. Make plans to see to your own personal needs as well as to fulfill your obligations to others. If you don’t take care of yourself, you soon won’t be able to take care of anyone else.

Despite your best efforts, you will experience stress in your life . . . at home, at work, out in the world, or just watching the evening news. When these attacks come, recognize them an