10 Secrets About Stress Revealed by Psychologists

Stress won’t go away if you choose to ignore the symptoms

One of the most important things that we have to take into consideration when we talk about stress is to always try to understand what caused those symptoms and reduce the activities that make you feel uncomfortable. If you chose to ignore your feelings, the quality of your life and health can be affected.

Stress can put you at risk for developing heart diseases, gastrointestinal issues, reproductive and sleep problems, weight gain or various mental disorders.

According to Jessica Rohlfing Pryor, Ph.D., a clinical lecturer in the department of psychology at Northwestern University, “I often tell my clients that compartmentalizing stress is akin to trying to put water in a cardboard box: It will leak out in one way or another.”