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Calm Mind, Anxious Body? Why You Still Feel Tense When Everything Is Fine

Stress. Most of us experience it, sometimes more and sometimes less. There are also good days when nothing seems particularly difficult. No urgent problem, no uncomfortable conversation, no reason to worry. Yet I have noticed that even on those days, when my mind feels calm, my body can still feel on alert. In that moment,…