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You might discover the answer to your stress and anxiety in your sleep!!! Most people don’t realize this, but a very common cause of many mental problems including stress and anxiety is lack of sleep or rather, lack of quality sleep. If you need more than 30 minutes to fall asleep, or if your sleep is interrupted often and you have difficulty in falling asleep again, then read on.
Lucky for us (not so lucky for him though) filmmaker Alan Berliner has struggled with sleep disorders and has even made a documentary WIDE AWAKEon this topic.

“A brilliantly edited blend of the hilarious and deeply personal, WIDE AWAKEweaves hundreds of archival film clips, consultations with sleep specialists, an overnight stay at a sleep lab, conversations with family members, home movies, dream visualizations,….”

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46.3% of participants with panic disorder also had Irritable Bowel syndrome (IBS). This is what a study published in the Annals of Clinical Psychiatry says.

If that is not enough look at this: According to a study published in The American Journal of Medicine, upto 90% of people seeking treatment for IBS have one or more psychiatric problems.

IBS “is a common disorder of the intestines that leads to crampy pain, gassiness, bloating, and changes in bowel habits.”
People with IBS may experience constipation; diarrhea; or both.
People with IBS also may experience the urge to move the bowels but be unable to do so. Severity of the symptoms of IBS vary. Some people have mild IBS while others may be disabled by it.

If diarrhea or constipation is worsened by stress and anxiety it’s time to see a doctor. If you have been diagnosed with IBS and it seems to worsen when you are stressed you can try the IBS stress kit. It offers a comprehensive approach to controlling IBS that worsens with stress.
Read more about it by clicking here.

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Stress always goes hand in hand with health. Depending to the stress level of a person, the impact of stress in the body can range from minor sweaty palms to death. Letting stress build can slowly deteriorate health and can cause major health risks. Managing stress and health are important ways to avoid health risks in the future. In order to manage stress and health better, a person must first be acquainted to the severe effects of stress in the body.

Physical And Behavioral Signs Of Stress
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We might not know it but stress can actually do more damage to your body than most people think. Most people take advantage of their body?s limit and push it to extreme just to get the job done, while thinking that their body will adapt to the stress they impose upon it.

But truth to tell, our body have a certain capacity in which it can function; exceed those capacities and you will end up in one of the rooms of the hospital waiting for your body to recover. Stress can affect you in many ways ? physical, mental and emotional functions are disrupted gaining you the inability to function properly whether social, personal or career work.
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