{"id":4887,"date":"2022-04-19T15:31:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T20:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=4887"},"modified":"2022-04-19T15:31:18","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T20:31:18","slug":"stress-levels-hit-record-highs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/19\/stress-levels-hit-record-highs\/","title":{"rendered":"Stress Levels Hit Record Highs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7136-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7136-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7136-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7136-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7136-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7136-440x330.jpg 440w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7136-920x690.jpg 920w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/IMG_7136.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Felix Balderas \/ Vaquero Radio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/stress-Felix.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Stress levels have reached record highs across the globe recently according to Clinical Psychologist Alfonso Mercando.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mercado discusses health publications regarding stress and explains why people are experiencing immense levels of stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f27508\"><strong>\u201cThe American Psychological Association recently published a stress in America survey that highlighted that we are living in an all time high of anxiety and stress and mental health should be a priority\u2026currently we are living through multiple global pandemics. One of the COVID-19 and multiple variants, a pandemic of mental health, the pandemic of racism, the pandemic of the war, experiencing a war from afar can be traumatic.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psychological Science Professor Grant Benham delves into the definition behind stress and approaches he recommends based on his research of sleep and stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f27508\"><strong>\u201cStress responds the way our bodies respond to challenging situations. It\u2019s a very adaptive response. A very healthy response. \u201cPart of the approach to dealing with stress is perhaps restructuring, reframing events so that they perhaps don\u2019t feel as stressful as you imagined them\u2026 I sort of encourage students to really kind of think more about whether they\u2019re getting sufficient sleep. 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