Your world is full of stressors and while a short burst of stress here and there is normal and a part of life, chronic stress is a whole other matter. Exposure to long-term stress can alter your genes, increase inflammation in the body, and cause a wide variety of serious health issues that affect the body and mind.

Learning how to cope with stress in healthy ways is vital to reducing and managing stress, however, there is a variety of unhealthy methods often used by people, who may not even realize that are doing so.

Stoics practices prosochē, the practice of attention, and is a fundamental exercise necessary to practice Stoicism as a way of life. It can also be termed a vigorous type of mindfulness to be vigilant in our awareness of our actions and our surroundings. Using this to identify unhealthy coping skills can help in dealing with stress.