Dr. Calm explains why stress isn't just a mental health problem. Chronic stress triggers heart attacks, strokes, cancer, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases. It damages nearly every organ system in your body, often without warning.
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Stress is a mental health problem. That is what a lot of people think. Is that true? No. As a physician as well as a stress management expert with more than 15 years of experience, I can say that stress is very much physical. Stress has its fingerprints on every single organ system in your body. You name it. Heart attacks, brain, strokes, cancer, liver problems, hypertension, diabetes, insomnia, seizures, autoimmune diseases. I mean, I can keep listing them. So stress is a silent killer. Do not ignore it. Don't think it is simply a psychological problem. It very much affects your physical health.