Too Much to Handle Symptoms of stress overload include headaches, heartburn or indigestion, nausea, high anxiety, sleeplessness, low back pain, inability to control anger, being unassertive and unwilling to say no, and a feeling of listlessness. The bad news is that stress can kill us. Over the years the accumulated effects of stress increases the possibility of serious health problems like heart disease, cancer and depression. It has been called the great gray killer of our time. The good news is that stress is manageable.
Negative events become a challenge and an opportunity, rather than something that destroys life.
Symptoms of Family Stress Stress affects not just individuals, but families as well. Families under stress experience explosive arguments and bickering. Conversations are centered on time and tasks, rather than people and feelings. Family members constantly rush from place to place, or task to task, never having time to relax. When there is little time to spend together, opportunities for conversation become infrequent and families lose cohesiveness.