National Stress Awareness Day – 6 November 2024
This year, Stress Awareness Day 2024 will take place on 6 November 2024 it is a timely reminder that although stress is unavoidable, we can manage it, treatment is available, and people can and do recover.
Stress is something we all experience, a reaction to feeling threatened or under pressure. It is an entirely normal feeling – a response to common challenges in daily life – and affects everyone differently.
This is an opportunity to think about the effects of stress, physically and mentally, as well as how we can manage feelings of stress.
However, repetitive and overwhelming stress can affect our mood, body, and relationships, especially if it feels out of our control. It can seriously affect both mental and physical health, as well as our behaviour.
6 November 2024 is reinforcing the fact that you’re not doing yourself a favour by stressing about situations you can’t control. In fact, according to science, chronic stress leads to impaired cognitive and physiological functions. On this day, let’s learn together to hone our ability to choose one thought over another and let the stress ebb away.