Journal
Self-Inflicted Stress: The Overlooked Causes and Impacts of Mental Stress and Five Ways to Cope With it
Like an invisible weight that we carry with us everywhere we go, stress can be a heavy burden on our minds and bodies. We often think of stress as something external - the pressure of work, financial worries, or challenging relationships - but we overlook the internal causes of stress that we inflict upon ourselves.
Modern stress: status, social media, and disconnection.
Today, when we fear we are not facing a lion. It can be a difficult conversation, a heated up email, a bad comment on social media, feeling not having enough time, not being able to make a decision, disease, financial issues that activate what we call “the stress response.” When we are facing those situations, our body believes we are under attack, and sends out the same signals to the body as our beloved ancestors.