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What stress does to the body

What stress does to the body

We all go through stressful states from time to time. They can be set off by ordinary everyday events tied to family or work, and by grave life situations too - a bleak diagnosis, the illness or death of someone close, disasters, fires, floods. Yes, stress is vital for quick, short-lived responses - "Freeze - fight or flight".

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What psychosomatics is, in plain words: history, causes, examples

What psychosomatics is, in plain words: history, causes, examples

Many people live a healthy life, eat properly, do sport, are emotionally stable — and still cannot call themselves healthy. And questions arise: why? how come? Many times I have seen situations in which all the tests, all the possible examinations and check-ups have been done and all the doctors say with one voice that everything is fine, while the person is ill, complains, suffers. Seventy years ago no one spoke or thought about psychosomatics, although it was known back in antiquity — “psycho”, the soul, and “soma”, the body,

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