With the COVID-19 pandemic across the world, many people are experiencing more stress than ever. This stress can cause health problems such as headaches, trouble sleeping, muscle pain, upset stomach, and fatigue. According to Dr. Craig Sawchuk, a Mayo Clinic psychologist, everyone has a “stressometer.” This is a warning from your body that stress may be affecting your overall health. Sawchuk explains: “So, one way that we think people experience stress is physically. So, we may experience it in our stomachs. Our sleep gets disrupted. We feel a lot more tense. We can also see it emotionally, sometimes more of that irritability or sometimes even flattening of emotions. Sometimes we see it in terms of how we think, whether it’s difficult to concentrate, we’re worrying or ruminating more, or sometimes how we behave.” “Sometimes we tend to withdraw, or maybe our eating or drinking starts to pick up. So, it’s …