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Stressor Mitigation

Meaning

Stressor mitigation is the clinical and behavioral process of systematically identifying, quantifying, and reducing the impact of chronic physical, psychological, and environmental inputs that contribute to allostatic load. This comprehensive strategy targets factors ranging from poor sleep and nutritional deficits to chemical exposures and emotional distress. Effective mitigation is essential for restoring hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis sensitivity and promoting a shift towards parasympathetic nervous system dominance.