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Guide: How to manage and reduce stress

Studying, exams, private life - it can all be quite overwhelming. This guide provides tips on how to cope better with stress and perhaps even avoid it.

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Guide: How to manage and reduce stress

Everyone knows the feeling of being stressed. Stress affects us in lots of ways, both physically and emotionally. 

This guide from the Mental Health Foundation, a UK’s prevention focussed mental health charity provides information on various topics related to stress.

  • What is stress?
  • Physical symptoms of stress
  • Behavioural and emotional effects of stress
  • Identifying the signs of stress
  • How can you help yourself with stress?

And much more.

You will also find a list of stress management tips to try out.
Here are a few examples:

  • Meditating
  • Try putting things into perspective
  • Write poetry
  • Call a loved one
  • Bake a cake
  • Go to bed and read a great book
  • Meeting a friend
  • Take a break, even a short one can make a difference

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