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"How&amp;#x27;s your stress level today? On a scale from 1-10, I&amp;#x27;d say mine&amp;#x27;s at about a 6.5, which is manageable. But yesterday? It was an honest-to-goodness 9, and I will confess that I almost whacked my printer (yes, my PRINTER) with--I&amp;#x27;m not proud of this--my son&amp;#x27;s toy golf club, after it stopped working and gave me several taunting error messages. If you&amp;#x27;ve found yourself in this similar, embarrassing, place, health experts have a message for you (and me!) ... So there I was, about to lash out on my printer. It was like a scene from &amp;quot;Office Space&amp;quot; (one of my favorite movies ever), when one of the office workers smashes his printer with a baseball bat (or was it an axe to a computer?). Sure, while an occasional outburst isn&amp;#x27;t a big deal--we all have them right?--health experts warn that outbursts like the one I described (cringe) are likely a sign that you a.) have too much on your plate (yep, I did), b.) your body is likely on cortisol, the stress hormone, overload (um, check!), and c.) you need to take a moment--or an hour--to chill out (I took the dog on a walk). I&amp;#x27;m working on an article about stress for Woman&amp;#x27;s Day right now, and learning a lot about what unchecked stress can do to your body--and it&amp;#x27;s not good, friends. My advice is to listen to your body: If you&amp;#x27;re tensing up, feeling anger about silly things, and generally feeling grrrrr, do what you need to do to get your emotions/anxiety in check. I know, it&amp;#x27;s not as simple as flipping a switch, but here are some tried-and-true stress busters: *Calling a friend and having a good laugh. *Exercising *Changing your surroundings (go for a walk, leave the house or office for a while, etc.) *Asking for help *Crying (it&amp;#x27;s not a cop out, gals, tears actually release toxins) How&amp;#x27;s your stress level today? And, have you ever, like me, wanted to take a baseball bat to an object like your computer, your toaster, etc? P.S. The object that always, without fail, stresses me out, and if you&amp;#x27;re feeling stressed due to time constraints, here&amp;#x27;s a smart way to gain an extra hour a day (really). More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter! Sign Up for Body By Glamour! Photo: H. Schelbe/Zefa/Corbis"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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