ROCHELLE – International Stress Awareness Week 2025, observed from November 1 to 7, focuses on raising awareness about stress and its effects on mental and physical health while promoting strategies for coping in healthy ways. The week encourages open discussions about stress and mental well-being, providing resources, workshops, and events for individuals and organizations. Activities include practicing self-care, learning about stress management techniques, sharing resources, and supporting mental health organizations.
Andy Jackson, Marketing Manager with Sinnissippi Centers said “It’s a thing. It’s something everybody encounters and there’s right and wrong ways to manage it.”“And while we can’t remove usually that which is stressing us, unless we’re placing kind of that on ourselves, which is kind of a human nature thing to do. We can maybe do things that we are able to better deal with. Exercise, sleep, and eating properly. A lot of the usual things, but if it gets in the way and it becomes a chronic issue, that’s the time to seek a mental health professional and possibly have medication and or counseling to help deal with those symptoms.”
