What to Know About Resolving Stress

How we deal with the stress may have something to do with our age.

A new study found that as adults age, they get better at handling stressful situations.

The researchers tracked about 18-hundred people in the study over a decade of their adulthood to see if there were changes in how they resolved their stress.

First off, they found that those who felt more in control of their daily stressors are significantly more likely to resolve them but they also found that this connection grows stronger over time.

The findings may not be that surprising.

Earlier in adulthood, many so-called stressors result from demands like career pressures or child-rearing responsibilities. 

Whlle among older adults, research shows that they become more selective about how and where they invest their energy…focusing more on things that matter more to them, like relationships and emotional wellbeing.

Maybe handling stress is the result of the long standing belief that as we age…we do get wiser. 

And as we age, learning how to resolve things that stress us out is a wise thing to do.

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