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Caroline Carr, hypnotherapist and life coach at Mypartnerisdepressed.com, said that people need to be pro-active about their debts and take steps to seek out advice and help.
"Once you have done what you can, let it go. Worrying about it does not actually help or alleviate the situation," she explained.
She said that taking control of debt will help relieve stress in the first place as often the main source of worry is feeling helpless about it.
"It's important to feel that you have some control, because money issues can often seem to be way out of our control," Ms Carr added.
Paul Lewis, vice president of Credit Confidential, said that students in particular need to be careful when looking for the best credit card rates not to get into debt in the first place.
Moneyextra.com recommends you take independent financial advice before acting on any article
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