The 2unwind plan is a guide to assist you to develop your own stress management plan and ways2unwind. More information and guidance can be found in Teach Yourself Managing Stress together with explanations on how to assess your own stress, identify your sources of stress, plus lots more on how stress affects your health.

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Stress defined
Stress affects everyone. It is a mental and physical state, which is a necessary and essential part of our lives. We need our stress response to adapt to the continual changes of our environment and to keep us on our toes to survive. Stress is normal and necessary for life.

The stress response evolved to enable us to deal with life-threatening dangers such as being confronted by a sabre-tooth tiger. Activation of this stress response very quickly prepares the body for physical action: to stand and fight or to run away. For our early ancestors in a harsh and inhospitable environment, threats were predominantly physical and satisfying the need for food and warm shelter was a struggle.