Which of the following is one way in which stress affects mental and emotional health? a. it relaxes you, b. it decreases your ability to focus, c. it increases your thought capacity d. it you overcome anger

The correct answer is-  B. It decreases your ability to focus

Explanation:

Regular stress exposure severely impacts our physical and mental health. Regular exposure of stress can make a person irritable and tired which can result in concentration loss in that person. Therefore stress decreases the ability to focus of a person and affect their mental and emotional health.

In stress, blood cortisol level increases and it is found that the people who have regular high blood cortisol levels have poorer memory than persons having low blood cortisol levels. Therefore the right answer is B.