{"id":2917,"date":"2023-04-26T12:25:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T12:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atp.fitness\/sg\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2026-03-16T19:31:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T19:31:00","slug":"stress-is-slowly-killing-you-heres-how-to-stop-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atp.fitness\/sg\/blog\/stress-is-slowly-killing-you-heres-how-to-stop-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress is slowly killing you \u2013 here\u2019s how to stop it"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In today\u2019s busy world, and especially over the last year or so, more of us than ever are feeling under some kind of stress. Whether it\u2019s the daily pressure of a demanding job, not being able to see loved ones because of lockdown and travel restrictions or not feeling like a good partner\/ parent because you secretly yearn for a moment away from the family, stress is all around us and some of our usual stress relievers (perhaps going on holiday to get away from it all) are not currently available to us.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
So what\u2019s the answer?\u00a0 We can\u2019t remove all stressors from our lives, nor would we want to (yes, there are good kinds of stress too), so it seems our only option is to work out a way to manage our stress and perhaps even see ourselves thriving as a result.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
In this article we\u2019ll explain what stress is, how it might be affecting your life and what you can do about it.\u00a0 We\u2019ll give you all the tools you need to be able to deal with it in a positive way.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
It might surprise you to know that stress itself is actually neither good nor bad. Think of it simply as a necessary stimulus to provoke an action or response; in other words a factor that has to be present for change or adaptation to occur. For example, if you want bigger muscles, you need to create \u2018targeted stressors\u2019 (in this case it might be certain exercises) in order for your muscles to work harder, recover from that extra work and then learn to adapt for next time. In any situation, adaptation (and therefore performance at a higher level) should follow recovery, and recovery should follow stress:<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
Our bodies produce a stress response no matter what kind of stress we are under. It could be: