Will stress make you ill?

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Dr Denise Taylor

26 November 2010

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With Christmas coming, many of us will get stressed, with all the preparation and then the stress of spending far more time than normal with family.

Psychologists are aware that life events like Christmas, divorce, redundancy, a change of job, and much more can increase our stress levels and increase our likelihood of getting ill.

A famous stress assessment is the Holmes and Rahe social readjustment scale. Would you like to take this?

You can access it here: http://www.stresstips.com/lifeevents.htm

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