How to prevent stress from escalating into distress

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🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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If you've been experiencing negative feelings like panic or anxiety for more than a few days, you might be in distress, says psychiatrist Dr. Kali Cyrus. Here's how to keep those emotions in check.

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0:22.0	Hi everyone, I'm N. I'm Nillena Maria Bercis, infirmary El Segara. And I'm here to talk
0:28.8	about something uncomfortable, literally. A few years, I had a bad day at work.
0:35.0	A conflict erupted with my boss that left me feeling anxious and panicked, and I couldn't get rid
0:40.0	of it.
0:41.0	My chest felt tight, my stomach hurt, I had trouble sleeping and focusing, and I felt like I was on high alert.
0:49.0	I knew something was wrong. I just didn't know what it was.
0:52.0	I actually don't even know if clients say
0:54.2	I'm coming to you because I'm in a state of distress. Dr. Cali Cyrus is a psychiatrist
0:59.3	based in Washington, D.C. Dr. Cali says that when we are triggered by something in our lives, it is hard for us to decipher
1:06.9	between what is discomfort, meaning something we can tolerate and work through, and what is distress?
1:13.4	In thinking about those words, one seems like a precursor to another.
1:18.0	Discomfort at extreme levels or heightened levels
1:22.3	can lead to distress.
1:24.5	It's ratcheted in intensity, is past discomfort, or I think in frequency
1:30.1	is when it starts to transition into the unhealthy,
1:33.7	which is when I think of distress.
1:35.7	Distress has the word stress in it for a reason.
1:38.9	And when we're in a state of distress
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