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How To Recognize and Cope With Emotional Stress

Try mindfulness, healthy lifestyle changes and making time to relax to help combat emotional stress

Signs of Job Burnout — and 5 Ways To Beat It

Work burnout can leave you exhausted and frustrated at work and beyond, but you can beat it by setting boundaries and surrounding yourself with positivity

Understanding Mental Load: What It Is and How It Affects You

When you get bogged down with mental tasks, you can experience mood changes, sleeplessness and more

Mom Burnout: Are You Dealing With ‘Depleted Mother Syndrome’?

This burnout is characterized by physical and mental exhaustion and feelings like worry, guilt and overwhelm

Stressed Out, Sick Inside

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Yes, There Is Such a Thing as Stress Sickness

From nausea, weight gain and eczema, stress can affect your immune system in many ways

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How Stress Can Make You Sick

We all experience some stress from time to time, but chronic stress can contribute to health issues like diabetes and cardiovascular disease

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How Stress and Depression Affect Diabetes

A diabetes diagnosis, new or long-standing, can trigger reactions like grief, stress, depression and frustration, but symptom relief and help are available

Start Your Mental Reset

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Stressed Out? Use These 14 Healthy Coping Mechanisms

Fill your coping toolbelt with healthy skills like getting outside, writing in a journal, volunteering, laughing or talking with a friend

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5 Surefire Ways To Help You Relax Right Now

Enter relaxation mode by managing your breathing, releasing muscle tension and practicing mindfulness

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Should You Try Therapy? How To Decide

Your BFF is wonderful, but they aren’t a professional therapist

Is Your Skin Signaling Stress?

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Are Stress Hives a Real Thing?

Tough times can become even tougher if they leave an itchy rash on your skin

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Stress Can Make Hidradenitis Suppurativa Worse: Here’s How To Manage It

Working with a therapist, staying active and practicing mindfulness are just a few ways to help manage stress

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Eczema and Stress: What’s the Connection?

Your body’s natural response to stress can lead to painful skin irritation

When Emotions Eat First

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You Guessed It: Long-Term Stress Can Make You Gain Weight

Stress hormones trigger cravings in an attempt to keep us safe from danger

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Why You Stress Eat and How To Stop

You can learn other ways to soothe yourself, including distraction and mindfulness

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Food Fumble: Why We Stress Eat After a Sports Loss

Emotions can power food choices when your favorite team falls short

Stress Less, Thrive More

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20 Ways To Relieve Stress

Getting outside, eating a healthy diet, taking up journaling, listening to music — even cuddling a pet — can provide stress relief

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Can You Reduce Stress With Aromatherapy?

Research shows how the use of essential oils can offer a calming effect

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What Vacations Do for Your Brain

Among other benefits, a little time away can help make you more creative, decisive and focused

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