How to manage and reduce your stress

Our updated stress guide is now available.

Stress is a feeling of being under abnormal pressure. This pressure can come from different aspects of your day to day life. Such as an increased workload, a transitional period, an argument you have with your family or new and existing financial worries. You may find that it has a cumulative effect, with each stressor building on top of one another. During these situations you may feel threatened or upset and your body might create a stress response. This can cause a variety of physical symptoms, change the way you behave, and lead you to experience more intense emotions. Stress affects us in a number of ways, both physically and emotionally and in varying intensities. In this guide you will learn:

• What is stress?
• Identifying the signs of stress
• What causes stress?
• How can you help yourself?
• Seeking help
• 101 Top tips from you

The guide includes a helpful worksheet to help you work through and understand the things causing you stress.