National Stress Awareness Month

National Stress Awareness Month

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April is National Stress Awareness Month!

Are you stressed? Do you want to check your stress levels?

"There are at least three different types of stress:

• Routine stress related to the pressures of work, family, and other daily responsibilities
• Stress brought about by a sudden negative change, such as losing a job, divorce, or illness
• Traumatic stress, which happens when you are in danger of being seriously hurt or killed. Examples include a major accident, war, assault, or a natural disaster. This type of stress can cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Different people may feel stress in different ways. Some people experience digestive symptoms. Others may have headaches, sleeplessness, depressed mood, anger, and irritability."
(https://medlineplus.gov/stress.html)

• 5 Things You Should Know About Stress
• Is stress getting to you? Find out how stressed you really are by taking this online stress screening test.
• Take Time to Unwind

Celebrate National Poetry Month

Celebrate National Poetry Month

Search the ACC Library Catalog for the many poetry titles in each campus library.  Use subjects like:

• Haiku
• Poetry
• Poets

View a video about poetry.

Or, take a look at these web sites:

• Poets & Writers
• Poetry in the Arts
• Academy of American Poets 
• Poster Gallery 
•  Twitter @POETSorg
• Check YouTube for your favorite poet reading their own poetry