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Those who are not homeless have stress issues and ways of coping but those in survival mode need to find other means of coping with stress of living every day.

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Tips to help with stress and homelessness are discussed.

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Ways to Reduce Stress with Homelessness

According to KVII, (Coping with everyday life from a homeless perspective, November 23, 2020), "Basic survival needs send a homeless person into coping mode much more often than others. Everyone has ways of coping with stress." Those who are not homeless have stress issues and ways of coping but those in survival mode need to find other means of ...

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