An effective stress strategy is to associate yourself with optimistic people, because if you associate yourself with positive people, there's a more likely chance that the positive energy will create a better environment for your body and to help feel better :)
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You can go to your local wildlife ranger station or you could go to a park and ask a ranger there.
When you are in stress your body and mind are tense and your body and mind cannot concentrate or operate as it normally does, Resulting in many different downsides like not being able to exercise properly.