Stress

Your body can experience stress when you are
mentally or physically strained.
For example, when you run fast, get angry
or have too much to do.
If you are stressed for a short time,
stress is not harmful to your body.
You can get sick if you are stressed for a long time and
do not sleep well, get enough rest and
do the things that make you feel healthy.
If this happens, you can contact
your health care providers for help.

People can get stressed by different things.
Many people get stressed when they have a lot of
things to do at work or at home.
People can get stressed if they place high demands
on themselves or if other people place
a lot of demands on them.

• Take breaks between different activities.
• Try to get a feel for what is causing your stress.
  Think about whether your body is doing something
  that could be a sign that you are stressed.
  Signs that you are stressed can be
  difficulty relaxing, heart palpitations
  or memory problems.
• Get physical activity every day.
• The 1177.se has mindfulness exercises
  that you can do by yourself.
  Mindfulness means doing exercises where you practice
  being in the present and not thinking about things that
  have happened in the past
  or that will happen in the future.
  If you need help to reduce your stress,

you can get help from your local health care centre.
For example, there are treatments
you can do online using a computer, tablet or
mobile phone (in Swedish).
The digital treatments are called
Stresshjälpen (Stress Help) and (Life Balance).