Anxiety vs. Stress: What's The Difference?:
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We all experience stress, right? It's a fact of nature, and it offers pretty important evolutionary advantages. Without it, we wouldn't be able to sound the proverbial alarm if danger were imminent. Stress is one of the greatest tools an animal has to beat the odds and stay alive.
Human beings are animals, yes, but we contend with totally different environmental pressures than wild animals do. Many of us engage in monogamous relationships, spend long hours in the office, and struggle to keep up with deadlines, bills, and other commitments. At a certain point in human evolution, the adaptive advantage of acute stress was overshadowed by the downsides of that headline-dominating bogeyman, chronic stress.
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