Stress Less Quick Tip #5: Know YOUR Early Warning Signs of Stress

Do you ever feel your ability to focus fade away as your stress level flares up? It starts with your focus, but where does it end?


A Fact with Wow Factor
Up to 90% of health issues resulting in a doctor's visit can be traced back to stress. [Source]


Stress Less Tip
If stress causes so many health problems, is there a way to detect them before they become too serious?

Yes! The only barrier standing in your way is that stress also forces your attention to things that distract you from red flags regarding your health. In short, you slowly lose awareness of yourself in favor of external concerns. You no longer recognize the small, subtle changes that coincide with stress in its beginning stages. Then, BAM! Seemingly out of nowhere, things spiral out of control! Now that you know stress works this way, you can stop it!


Dive Deeper
Use this Stress Checker Tool to see if you have an illness or health complaint influenced by your stress level.


Quick-Win Action

Perform a quick and simple body scan regularly. To do this, concentrate on various parts of your body, one at a time, from head to toe. Touch each area if it helps to focus your attention.

​Note any tension, pain, or other sensations without trying to explain their presence or hashing out a plan to "fix" them. Save the analysis for later, so you don't miss something elsewhere in your body.

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