Rethinking Stress: Part II

This post is a follow-up from last week’s post, Rethinking Stress, that took a counter-intuitive look at stress. We know that stress looms large in physical and mental illness, but recent studies suggest that stress is in the eye of the beholder. In other words, if we don’t perceive a certain event in our lives as stressful, then our bodies and brains tend to respond in a healthy way.

Knowing this, we can work to improve our...

Source: John McManamy's SharePosts - September 29, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: John McManamy Source Type: blogs