Nearly 50% of borrowers stress about their debts daily. Here's what to do about yours now.

If debt-related stress is impacting your life, there are simple strategies you can use to put yourself on a better financial path. Aldo Ottaviani/Getty Images

The numbers don't lie: Debt-related issues are having a big impact on the stress levels of borrowers nationwide. About 47% of Americans currently worry about their debts every single day, a new study by JG Wentworth shows, and this type of stress appears to be impacting both their overall well-being and their finances. Case in point? About 50% of borrowers also actively avoid looking at their bank statements, according to the study, a move that can further complicate the financial hardships that borrowers are facing in today's economic climate.

What makes this debt crisis even more troubling, though, is how it feeds o