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 Advices for coping with corona stress


Stated that the key to coping effectively with the stress caused by COVID-19 is to maintain a positive attitude and listed advices for coping with stress, Prof. Dr. William Mosier said: “Physical exercise can help when you are in distress and want to feel better. The physical release of energy is important in constructively controlling our stress response. Be kind to yourself.”


Saying that stress provides the necessary energy to sustain human life, American Prof. Dr. William Mosier, faculty member of the Department of Child Development at Istanbul Gelisim University (IGU) the School of Health Sciences spoke: “Humans are stress-seeking beings. The human body reacts to stress in a predictably physiological way. Stress creates an emergency discharge of adrenaline in our bodies. These chemical reactions lead to changes that speed up cardiovascular function and impact our digestion. To the human body, it doesn’t matter whether our stress reaction is from joy or fear; the physiological response is the same. Our stress response is the condition we experience when the body is creating excess energy.”

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