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Why the stress?

Why the stress?

Stress is essential for your survival as it helps you in reacting to potential dangers in the world, however, too much of it is not healthy and can leave you burnt out. It is essential to balance the amount of stress in your body to ensure you can be productive. When we feel pressured or threatened, we respond by becoming stressed. 

It typically occurs when we are in a precarious position that we don't feel we have any control over

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