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Some say it’s a modern illness but accounts go back hundreds of years.


It’s the ultimate invisible illness but is actually a reaction to a stressor.


How can we handle stress, what are the different types and are there any principles we can use to deal with our stress given how individual it is.


Links:


Insomnia and stress in the BMJ in 1894: https://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/30/bmj-110-years-later


Stress and its effects on health: https://psychcentral.com/stress/long-term-effects-of-chronic-stress-on-body-and-mind#how-to-recover



Stress in students: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8062254/



Stress and heart disease: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6568256/



Osler’s day-tight compartments: https://spectrummagazine.org/article/2016/06/25/living-day-tight-compartments


","author_name":"Dr Ayan Panja"}