10-04-2025
'We all experience it': Springfield-Greene County Health Department talks stress
April is recognized as National Stress Awareness Month.
OzarksFirst is speaking with the Springfield-Greene County Health Department (SGCHD) about stress and how you can help limit its impact on your life.
Jordan Coiner with the SGCHD says there's no one definition for stress.
'There's not technically like one definition for stress. We all experience it, but it is experienced in different ways. So everyone, while they experience it, it looks different to everyone,' Coiner said.
How can stress impact you?
'The most common definition would be a mental or physical strain on the body,' Coiner said.
Coiner says it's important to recognize stress and take steps to address it.
'It can impact your health if it's not something that you're taking the time to really first recognize but also deal with,' Coiner said. 'Anything health related like that over time will impact you in a negative way.'
Coiner's advice? Find something you love and make time for that.
'One coping mechanism mechanisms for me would be working out, getting outside. Other methods would be journaling, things like that that really just help free the mind a little bit, breathe fresh air, things like that that just help alleviate that, that feeling of just kind of strain or stress on the body or mind,' Coiner said.
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