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Stress, as you probably already know, is a really bad thing for our bodies and our lives. Not only can stress be emotionally damaging but it can actually cause physical illness and sometimes even death.

The definition of stress: “pressure or tension exerted on a material object” and/or “a mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances” in itself makes it obvious that if you are feeling it, it’s not a good thing.

From Stress.org, they say it is not a useful term for scientists because it is a “highly subjective phenomenon that defies definition”...

My family was hit by a nasty bug over the last few weeks and so my husband and I were on high alert for fevers. What we discovered about our own body temperatures floored me though. We always came back with low temps. And I figured, well that’s good – at least it isn’t a fever.

But when our temperatures were consistently WAY below the normal 98.6 mark I went online and did some research. I was astounded to find out that not only is a HIGH temperature bad, but apparently a LOW one can be just as bad!

It makes sense though, it is normal for a reason – it means things are working properly and you are GOOD. Swinging in either direction can be an indication of something being wrong.

Now, my husband and I are under some pretty good stresses (aren’t we all?!) and I’m certainly not going to say, “...