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Condition

Chronic stress

Prolonged psychological stress that affects sleep, mood, and physical health.

Affects Brain

See a clinician

Some causes of chronic stress need medical care, not self-treatment. Seek help for any of these:

  • Thoughts of suicide or self-harm — seek emergency help.
  • Stress with chest pain, panic, or inability to function — get support.

What may help

Remedies studied for chronic stress, ranked by strength of evidence.

No graded remedies recorded yet.

Prolonged psychological stress that affects sleep, mood, and physical health. This is a reference stub — evidence-graded remedies for it are not yet curated here.

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