The Benefits of Exercise for Reducing Stress
Why is important to reduce your level of stress? Experiencing stress is common. There are a variety of triggers (e.g. work, social situations and unexpected events) that cause you to psychologically evaluate that you cannot cope with the situation, causing a physical response from the body (e.g. increased heart rate, breathing rate, and sweating) in the form of a ‘flight or fight’ response. It is important to reduce stress, due to the risk of chronic stress negatively impacting physiological health, psychological health, and general well-being. Chronic stress is reported to induce the following negative health conditions: Mental Health Problems Psychiatric disease onset such as depression and anxiety is associated with stress-induced dysfunction of the medial prefrontal cortex, which is the part of the brain responsible for cognition and emotion regulation[1]. Counseling coupled with stress reduction exercises is recommended to decrease the impact of stress-induced mental hea...