High stress is linked to lower levels of health. Add living with IBD and we are at even greater threat to our well-being and health when stress levels are not understood, repurposed, and properly managed.
I feared stress (and basically was stressed out about stress) when I read that stress could trigger IBD flares in certain people. What I came to understand was that stress would never go away completely. Instead, I needed to better understand stress and use it in a positive way in order to help improve my life with IBD.
Use this below Stress Web from Precision Nutrition to gain clarity on stress in your life.
Try this:
Color in each wedge with how strongly each particular stressor is affecting you right now. The more you color in, the more stress you have in that domain.
