{"id":1962,"date":"2013-04-06T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-06T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/stress-and-disease-its-personal.html"},"modified":"2016-09-19T11:27:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T15:27:51","slug":"stress-and-disease-its-personal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=1962","title":{"rendered":"Stress and Disease: It&#8217;s Personal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/s-STRESS-EFFECT-ON-BODY-large.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-opt-id=356507819  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/s-STRESS-EFFECT-ON-BODY-large.jpg?w=735&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>Stress comes from the outside (events, accidents, etc). But it&#8217;s effect is on your inside (cortisol, getting sick, and on and on). However, an event can be stressful or not, depending on whether the person lets it get to them. <\/p>\n<p>Granted, keeping external events, stupid drivers, and rampant hormonal teenagers with attitude on your outside, and not letting them affect you, is not always easy. But we have to start thinking about stress in an empowered way &#8212; that the stress I feel is to some degree under my control &#8212; and not in a passive way &#8212; this stress is happening to me and I am powerless to stop it. <\/p>\n<p>When we do that, we will be more likely to adopt some measure of control over events, start taking time for ourselves, seeking (as pointed out in this article) stress counseling, and owning our own health again.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/marcelle-pick-rnc\/stress-health_b_2971079.html?utm_hp_ref=health-and-fitness&amp;ir=Health%20and%20Fitness\">Read the Article at HuffingtonPost<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stress comes from the outside (events, accidents, etc). But it&#8217;s effect is on your inside (cortisol, getting sick, and on and on). 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