Chronic stress: how it affects your physical and emotional health

Occasional stress is normal and even necessary: it helps us respond. The problem is when it becomes constant and the body never receives the signal that it can rest.

What chronic stress does

• Immune system: it weakens it and you get sick more often.
• Heart: it raises blood pressure and cardiac risk.
• Digestion: irritable bowel, inflammation, discomfort.
• Mood: anxiety, insomnia, irritability.
• Weight: it favors abdominal fat.

Signs it is happening to you

• Tiredness that sleep does not fix.
• Head, neck or back pain.
• Poor sleep and trouble concentrating.
• Overeating or loss of appetite.
• Irritability over small things.

How to bring it down

• Real pauses during the day: five minutes count.
• Slow breathing and gentle movement.
• Limits and time for yourself, without guilt.
• Sleep well and move daily.
• Support to see what triggers it and how to respond differently.

It is not weakness

Asking for help is not exaggerating. It is caring for yourself before your body forces you to stop.

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