If you’re like me, Christmas is 1/3 food, 1/3 fun and 1/3 hair-tearing stress. Gift-buying, feast-cooking and end-of-year deadlines – it gets pretty overwhelming come mid-December! If tea-drinking, baths and stress balls aren’t cutting it, it might be time to step up to a professional massage, which has lots of health benefits according to science!
How to tell if you’re stressed
Here are the classic signs of stress, according to Dr Lily Tomas, an expert in integrative medicine:
- Irritability
- Anxiety
- Tiredness
- Headaches
- Nausea
- Insomnia
Yep. I’ve got all of those!