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The impact of stress on our health
Stress is a word
2020 has certainly been a stressful
commonly used but
and had a fairly good year with
year, even if you have been lucky
often misunderstood,
opportunities to reset, recharge, re-
certainly often under
situation and the scale of impact that
estimated in its detrimental impact
evaluate; you can’t ignore the global COVID-19 has had on the world, and sadly, will continue to have. For many of us when news first
■ “What if a loved one or myself gets ill” ■ “What if I can’t afford to keep things going” ■ “What will happen to my business” This is a natural response and is all
on both our physical
began to break on the severity of
down to the biology of our brain, and
and mental health.
the situation, we may have created
in particular, the biology of fear. In any
a worst-case scenario outcome for
situation our brain is pre-programmed
ourselves and no doubt had an
to see the very worst outcome, this is
endless loop of questions and worries
a primal defence mechanism to help
going around in our heads.
us to see a way out of a dangerous
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