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Watch this. One little piece of paper
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can have a remarkable effect - stress.
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is stressful but if you understand a bit about what it is
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You will be better able to deal with it. First though,
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take a few deep breaths in fact
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do that anytime you feel stressed it helps.
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Stress is a survival mechanism
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when danger appears, it can get you out of trouble
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quickly, Your body crashes up the gears
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and throws all its resources into getting you moving your heart pumps
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furiously to increase blood pressure
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Glucose is sent to the muscles as fuel injection
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and you become totally focused on what psychologists call
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fight or flight.
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Thing is, this emergency state is only meant to last
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just long enough get you out of danger but here in the 21st century
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we stress about different things and for much much longer
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your brain and body stay on red alert
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and you will be less able to think clearly, learn,
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or remember things take a few more
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deep breaths because as you now know
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stress is a physical reaction and deep breathing
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helps to counteract its effects. So,
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what else can you do? Okay top tips to reduce stress
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first get plenty of exercise
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let out all the locked up energy now
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back to the problem get in control
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scope out the situation and how you're going to tackle it
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don't stress alone talk to someone
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socialize and have a laugh
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you can't laugh and quake with fear at the same time
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get down with nature, on a big
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or small-scale and if your mind won't stop worrying
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get something else to do instead.