by Sarah Elizabeth Adler | \u00a0AARP<\/a> | August 2, 2021| Symptoms of Stress | Health Insurance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n En espa\u00f1ol<\/a> | Wins and medals aren\u2019t the only things grabbing attention at this year\u2019s Olympic games in Tokyo: Mental health awareness is also in the spotlight, after U.S. star gymnast Simone Biles\u2019 decision to withdraw from some events in order to focus on her emotional well-being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Olympians or not, we\u2019re all susceptible to stress, whether from job or family pressures or obligations like caregiving. Here are the physical and mental signs that experts say could signal trouble. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Can\u2019t fall or stay asleep? Insomnia<\/a> is a classic symptom of stress, says Connecticut-based clinical psychologist Holly Schiff. For example, Biles said she \u201ccould barely nap\u201d before the Olympic team gymnastics final. And the consequences of lack of sleep, including fatigue and problems concentrating, can make it even harder to get through the day, creating a stress snowball effect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To break the no-slumber cycle, Schiff recommends that you keep a bedside journal to jot down the worries keeping you up at night, whether that\u2019s tomorrow\u2019s to-do list or other preoccupying thoughts. \u201cGetting it down on paper and theoretically out of your mind can be helpful and free up some mental space, so you can focus on getting a restful night\u2019s sleep,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Click here for the rest of the story…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mental health focus at Tokyo Olympics is a reminder of the role that pressure plays by Sarah Elizabeth Adler | \u00a0AARP | August 2, 2021| Symptoms of Stress | Health Insurance En espa\u00f1ol | Wins and medals aren\u2019t the only things grabbing attention at this year\u2019s Olympic games in Tokyo: Mental health awareness is also in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148,1,343,2],"tags":[12,1273,1261,71,1274,1272],"class_list":["post-9606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-ins-blog","category-insurance","category-life-insurance","category-shield-blog","tag-health-insurance","tag-insomnia","tag-mental-health","tag-michigan","tag-somatic-symptoms","tag-symptoms-of-stress"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9606"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13533,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9606\/revisions\/13533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}1. Insomnia and difficulty sleeping <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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