Self-Care Tips for Managing Stress
Up to 80 percent of all doctor visits are due to health conditions caused by stress, which is not surprising since, according to researchers such as Dr. Bruce Lipton, of Stanford University, stress is the single most important cause of more than 95 percent of all diseases. However, it is more accurate to say that it is not stress itself that causes illness so much as it is our reactions to stress. After all, everyone experiences stress on a daily basis. In fact, without a certain amount of stress, our bodies would not be able to function properly and we would die.