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Stress

How pervasive is stress in America? Learn the facts. This page gives you statistics, management and reduction self help tips, advice, and access to healthy lifestyle tools and solutions.

Statistics

Everyone in our culture seems to be affected in one way or another by it.

1. One out of four employees has taken a day off to reduce it.
2. 66 percent of Americans say they are likely to seek professional help for it.
3. Adolescents coping with stressful circumstances are two times more likely to use alcohol, drugs and tobacco.
4. It contributes to such life-threatening illness: heart attacks, stroke, depression, infection, and chronic pain.
5. 54 percent of Americans are conscious of unsustainable levels of it in their daily lives.
6. 62 percent of Americans say work is directly related to it.
7. 73 percent of Americans say money is the biggest factor that creates it.

Sources: American Psychological Association 2004

survey, American Institute ofStress National Center

The Benefits of Management

Actively managing your lifestyle brings positive outcomes like increased productivity, better health and more happiness in general. It will help you

Avoid headaches, and digestion problems, heart disease, high blood pressure and stroke.

Keep Your Good Looks: stave off dark circles under the eyes and a bad complexion.

Regulate Your Mood

And Increase Your Performance

Here are the basics: Eat right; Exercise; Take Naps; Stay Organized; Limit Caffeine; Be a “Glass Half Full” Person; Care For A Companion Animal; Enjoy Music; Dance; Have sex; Laugh; Spend Time With Positive And Supportive Friends

Advanced Management Exercises and Techniques

Free 5 Week Meditation E-Course

Making a commitment to the above tools and practices can bring more joy. If you want to enjoy life more, use these reduction exercises, and it will be a lot easier to experience the fun in life. Make a commitment to create as much of a low-stress lifestyle as possible and the benefits will last a lifetime.

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