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- All of us face stress in our lives.
- Stress can take its toll in many ways, producing both biological and psychological consequences.
- Stressors raise certain hormones, and increase heart rate and blood pressure.
These responses may be adaptive in the short run because they produce an "emergency reaction."
- Continued exposure to stress results in a decline in the body's overall level of biological functioning.
- Our ability to fight off infection is lowered.
- Psychophysiological disorders often result from or are worsened by stress.
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