We are all living in stressful times, especially with the coronavirus and the shelter in place order. 

Ed Lacheta is the Clinical Director of Shelby County Community Services and he said that it’s important to keep a close eye on your physical and emotional health.  

Stress usually shows up in four different areas, according to Lacheta. Those areas are emotional, behavioral, physicial, and in terms of our thinking. 

He started out by discussing the emotional area saying that sometimes stress causes us to feel very disconnected from others.

Being emotionally disconnected due to stress can even cause us to get sick.

Stress can also have an impact on our behavior, according to Lacheta. 

Ed Lacheta with Shelby County Community Serivces was a guest on the NEWSTALK WTIM Morning Show.