Department of Human Resources

Stress

Our bodies and minds reserve the right to respond to certain events by making us feel stressed. The reason is that a stress response can temporarily heighten our awareness and give us the ability to respond quickly by providing extra energy.

Unfortunately, some people have an over-developed stress response that results in their brain releasing important stress hormones more often than is necessary. Long term overdoses of these hormones result in such difficulties as reduced immune response, shrinking of parts of the brain that are important in memory, and physical ailments.

If you find that you:
are tense much of your day
have sore/achy muscles despite a lack of physical activity
get sick more often than others around you
have difficulty concentrating or remembering things
are very tired at the end of the day, but cannot fall asleep easily at night

You may have an overdeveloped stress response (which often begins by experiencing significant stress as a child).

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

For information or to make an appointment, call 1.218.249.7077 or1.888-355-8495 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

St. Luke's Employee Assistance Program
220 North 6th Avenue East
Duluth, MN 55805

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