April’s Monthly Impact Challenge has us recognizing Stress Awareness Week. Throughout the month, we’ll work toward better awareness of stress, the impact it has, and find ways to prevent or reduce it. Each week we’ll post information and exercises. We invite you to participate by reading, posting your thoughts and taking the weekly quizzes. At the end of the month, the person with the highest quiz scores, combined with posting of the most progress wins!
What is stress?
Stress is a normal physical response to circumstances that make you feel threatened or that upset your balance in some way. When you perceive a threat, your nervous system releases stress hormones (including adrenaline and cortisol) which prepare the body for emergencies: your heart pumps faster, blood pressure rises, muscles tighten and senses become more acute, focused and alert. These changes prepare you for the “fight or flight” that we often hear about.
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