<ol><li>Irritability</li><li>Negative impact on productivity</li><li>Emotional detachment</li><li>Changes in sleep patterns</li><li>Emotional eating</li></ol>

5 Signs You're Emotionally Stressed Out

Have you been feeling a bit unlike yourself? Has it been harder to keep healthy habits and to connect with your loved ones the way you’d hope? If so, there’s a chance you’re coping with some emotional distress that you’re suppressing or might not even be aware of. But having self-awareness can help start the coping process, so we made this video just for you! Are you emotionally distressed? This video might help you identify if that's the case: https://youtu.be/1DayJzl1fkI Writer: Cindy Nguyen Script Editor: Isadora Ho Script Manager: Kelly Soong VO: Amanda Silvera Animator: Zuzia IG @zuzia.png YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong References Brewer, Jud. “Are You Stuck in the Anxiety-Distraction Feedback Loop?” Harvard Business Review, 1 Feb. 2021, hbr.org/2020/05/are-you-stuck-in-the-anxiety-distraction-feedback-loop. “Emotional Eating up during Pandemic.” MIBluesPerspectives, 17 Mar. 2021, www.mibluesperspectives.com/2020/11/02/emotional-eating-on-the-rise-during-the-pandemic/. “Emotional Stress: Warning Signs, Management, When to Get Help.” Cleveland Clinic, my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/6406-emotional-stress-warning-signs-management-when-to-get-help. Fraga, Juli, et al. “COVID-19 Stress Is Making America Increasingly Irritable. but What Is All This Rage Hiding?” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 9 Sept. 2020, www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/covid-19-stress-making-america-increasingly-irritable-what-all-rage-ncna1239585. “How Stress Connects to Productivity.” Business.com, www.business.com/articles/stress-and-productivity-what-the-numbers-say/. Schlarb, Angelika A., et al. “Sleep Disturbances and Mental Strain in UNIVERSITY Students: Results from an Online Survey in Luxembourg and Germany.” International Journal of Mental Health Systems, BioMed Central, 29 Mar. 2017, ijmhs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13033-017-0131-9. “Struggling with Emotional Eating?” Harvard Health, 15 Aug. 2017, www.health.harvard.edu/diet-and-weight-loss/struggling-with-emotional-eating. “Why Anxiety Causes Detachment.” Calm Clinic – Information about Anxiety, Stress and Panic, 1 Mar. 2021, www.calmclinic.com/anxiety/detachment.

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Have you been feeling a bit unlike yourself? Has it been harder to keep healthy habits and to connect with your loved ones the way you’d hope? If so, there’s a chance you’re coping with some emotional distress that you’re suppressing or might not even be aware of. But having self-awareness can help start the coping process, so we made this video just for you!

Are you emotionally distressed? This video might help you identify if that's the case: https://youtu.be/1DayJzl1fkI 

Writer: Cindy Nguyen
Script Editor: Isadora Ho 
Script Manager: Kelly Soong 
VO: Amanda Silvera
Animator: Zuzia IG @zuzia.png
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong 

References
Brewer, Jud. “Are You Stuck in the Anxiety-Distraction Feedback Loop?” Harvard Business Review, 1 Feb. 2021, hbr.org/2020/05/are-you-stuck-in-the-anxiety-distraction-feedback-loop.
“Emotional Eating up during Pandemic.” MIBluesPerspectives, 17 Mar. 2021, www.mibluesperspectives.com/2020/11/02/emotional-eating-on-the-rise-during-the-pandemic/.
“Emotional Stress: Warning Signs, Management, When to Get Help.” Cleveland Clinic, my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/6406-emotional-stress-warning-signs-management-when-to-get-help.
Fraga, Juli, et al. “COVID-19 Stress Is Making America Increasingly Irritable. but What Is All This Rage Hiding?” NBCNews.com, NBCUniversal News Group, 9 Sept. 2020, www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/covid-19-stress-making-america-increasingly-irritable-what-all-rage-ncna1239585.
“How Stress Connects to Productivity.” Business.com, www.business.com/articles/stress-and-productivity-what-the-numbers-say/.
Schlarb, Angelika A., et al. “Sleep Disturbances and Mental Strain in UNIVERSITY Students: Results from an Online Survey in Luxembourg and Germany.” International Journal of Mental Health Systems, BioMed Central, 29 Mar. 2017, ijmhs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13033-017-0131-9.
“Struggling with Emotional Eating?” Harvard Health, 15 Aug. 2017, www.health.harvard.edu/diet-and-weight-loss/struggling-with-emotional-eating.
“Why Anxiety Causes Detachment.” Calm Clinic – Information about Anxiety, Stress and Panic, 1 Mar. 2021, www.calmclinic.com/anxiety/detachment.

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