Russians named ways to combat stress

Zen platform analysts conducted a study and found out that more than half of the respondents assess their stress level as average or above average. Only 2% of respondents do not experience anxiety at all.

The most popular way to combat anxiety was watching or reading entertainment content, reports Lenta.Ru on Thursday, January 30, The second place - anti-stress toys, and the third - watching ASMR-video.

Respondents are most often annoyed when near them chew their nails or chew on a pen. Other annoying habits include tapping on the table and clicking a pen, crunching knuckles. In addition, many people don't like it when someone listens to music loudly, bursts bubble wrap or jerks their foot. Meanwhile, the study shows that most often Russians simply ignore the annoyance. A third of respondents watch or read special content that helps fight stress.

The survey involved 1278 respondents, 62% of them men and 38% women.

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Also on January 30, nutritionist Alyona Kapustina told RuNews24.Ru that stress and fatigue awaken appetite in the evening. The expert added that lack of sleep leads to hormonal imbalance, which also increases appetite, aif.ru wrote.

On January 29, analysts of the Moneyplace service (part of the Kontur ecosystem) told Izvestia that Russians spent more than 4 billion rubles on anti-stress toys last year. This is 81% higher than in 2023 and 126% higher than in 2022.