That unrelenting fear made my recovery infinitely more difficult that it needed to be, as I experienced first-hand the debilitating physical and mental repercussions of stress and anxiety.

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We now know that underestimating the pain and difficulties the future undoubtedly holds lowers stress and anxiety, consequently enhancing physical and mental health.

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Slevin suffers from post-traumatic stress from what he called physical and mental mistreatment by corrections officials in Dona Ana County, which shares a border with Mexico in the southern part of the state.

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If we interpret the scenario as a threat, powerful stress chemicals are released into our system that shut down some mental and physical functions, while igniting others.

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