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Beauty By Numbers
Relaxation
Calvin of the comic strip OCalvin and HobbesO once complained, OThereOs never enough time to do all the nothing you wantONand he was only six years
old. Those of us who have reached adulthood know that to be alive is to be stressed out. A look at what sends our anxiety levels soaring. NSARAH VAN BOVEN
1978: Year in which the American Institute of Stress, a nonprofit organization, was established. 1983: Year in which Time magazine called stress OThe Epidemic of the EightiesO in the first national cover story on the topic and declared it to
be the countryOs leading health problem. 55: Percentage of people who said they felt they were under great stress on a weekly basis in that year. 75: Percentage who said this in 1996. 2001: Year a study was published
in the Archives of Dermatology suggesting that stress impairs the skinOs ability to function properly, heal wounds, and recover from injury. 2002: Year in which Palmolive introduced its Anti-Stress Aromatherapy liquid dish soap. 2003: Year in which Aveeno introduced its Stress Relief line of body washes, lotions, and bath foams. 1963: Year the novel The Bell Jar