How reframing affects stress

Using reframing techniques can actually change your physical responses to stress because your body's stress response is triggered by perceived stress, more often than actual events.

• Your stress response can be triggerd by events raging from annoying to frightening and can remain triggered long after the triggering event has passed, especially if you're not practicing relaxation techniques.

Reframing techniques are a way of minimizing the stressors you perceive in your life, thus easing the process of relaxation.