3 Easy Ways to Beat Holiday Stress

Stress is a highly personal experience, as not all stress is the result of a major traumatic event. When we experience stress the sympathetic nervous system jumps into action and our heart rate and breathing increases while adrenaline floods the bloodstream.

3 Easy Ways to Beat Holiday Stress

Stress Is Personal

Stress is also extremely personal. What one person considers very stressful others may not even bat an eye at.

Acute Stress

In acute stress, our sympathetic nervous system ups our respiration and heart rate, floods us with adrenaline, we deal with the stress and then we are able to calm down, returning to a normal state, called homeostasis.

Chronic Stress

Chronic stress, however, takes place over long periods of time and can bring on significant health concerns as we remain in the “fight-or-flight” state of hyper-readiness.