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Stress Awareness Month focuses on mental, physical, and emotional health and wellbeing. This year\u2019s theme focuses on the importance of community. During the last two years, the pandemic impacted typical social interactions and left millions struggling with losing loved ones who died from COVID-19.<\/p>\n

The pandemic had a detrimental effect on the nation\u2019s mental health and sense of community. People were kept in one place for a long time due to travel restrictions, large gatherings were canceled, social lives were disrupted, and they worked from home.<\/p>\n

As a result, one of the most significant challenges people struggled with was the lack of support, which can cause\u00a0isolation and loneliness<\/a>\u00a0and lower a person\u2019s sense of wellbeing. Isolation significantly impacts mental health and could lead to mental illness.<\/p>\n

Although pandemic-related restrictions were mainly lifted, people need support, now more than ever, to adjust to a new way of living.<\/p>\n

Learning about stressors<\/a>\u00a0and how to manage them, and how to help those struggling to cope with their stress is why Stress Awareness Month has been recognized every April since 1992, according to National Today.<\/p>\n

What Does Stress Mean?<\/h3>\n

There is no single definition for stress, but mental health experts agree that it is a physical or emotional reaction. These can be in response to a thought, demand, challenge, or event that causes an individual to feel angry, frustrated, or nervous, reports Pam Meyer, the Wellness Director, BLC-Wahpeton.<\/p>\n

Common reactions to stressful events include:<\/p>\n