10 ways to reduce your stress

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"We can have a very short-term type of stress that can either be positive
(excitement that the Sox or Bruins are winning) or more distressing (what we
normally think of when we think of 'stress'); this is the type of stress we most
often encounter in day-to-day life (e.g. traffic jams or dealing with road
rage)," Foody says.
"Generally short term stress is less dangerous to our health than chronic stress, the type of stress that seems never-ending and inescapable, like the stress of a bad relationship or an extremely demanding job."
"Generally short term stress is less dangerous to our health than chronic stress, the type of stress that seems never-ending and inescapable, like the stress of a bad relationship or an extremely demanding job."