Stress is Considered the "New" Normal. Consumers are Recognizing the Relationship Between Stress and Their Health

Like many of you, I've had my fair share of stress related health concerns.

It's not been a fun ride. I've spent a ton of money, like many of your readers, on cures, doctors and pills to deal with my stress. Some just didn't work, some had terrible side effects and some worked - until I quit applying them.

Sound familiar?

In the past year there has been a growing number of people taking their stress under control by embracing it. This is causing professionals to change the way they look at managing stress and consumers are taking it into their own hands.

They're spending large amounts of money on this new trend. And that's good news for you!

According to the WebMD website, it's estimated between 75% and 90% of all doctors visits are stress related. It seems we believe large amounts of stress is a normal, unavoidable part of our lives. And with this stress comes health-related issues. And the professional solution is give us a prescription to take care of it. Not only does this add to their money stress, but often the side effects of the prescription casuses more health problems.

So how did worry become such a big part of our lives? It used to be we needed worry for the fight or flight to survive. Nowadays we stress about things that might not even happen.

How are people supposed to beat the stress monster?

They're changing the way they think about stress.

Instead of sitting around and worrying about stress, they are embracing it. They're learning how to change their mindset from chronic worrier to one of their own lives.