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Stress Busting to help the brain
work at its best
Over time, if the stress response is activated again and
again, stress chemicals in our body get fixed up high.
High levels of stress chemicals in the body make it
harder to manage when our needs are not met well.
The stress chemicals get so high that only a little bit
more causes us to react in a threat response.
It is important to have regular routines to keep stress
low; we call this Stress Busting.
Have a look at the pictures below. Which Stress Busting
activities do you already do? Which could you try?
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