Heart-Pounding, Stomach-Knotting: Stress and You
The Stress Response
How It Happens
Stomach Pain
Bathroom Trouble
Heartburn and Acid Reflux
Headaches
Menstruation
Sexual Desire
Breathing Issues
Heart Problems
Diabetes
Things You Can Do
Positive Attitude
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SOURCES:
Association for Psychological Science: “Helping Others Dampens the Effects of Everyday Stress.”
National Institute of Mental Health: “Fact Sheet on Stress.”
American Psychological Association: “Trying to Eat Our Way to Stress Relief,” “Stress Effects on Body.”
Mayo Clinic: “Irritable Bowel Syndrome,” “GERD.”
Arthritis Foundation: “Inflammatory Arthritis.”
Harvard Health Publications: “Understanding the stress response.”
Nature.com: “Anxiety and erectile dysfunction: a global approach to ED enhances results and quality of life.”
Stanford News: “Embracing stress is more important than reducing stress, Stanford psychologist says.”
Stanford Publications: “Rethinking Stress: The Role of Mindsets in Determining the Stress Response.”
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: “Rethinking stress: The role of mindsets in determining the stress response.”