You are in Medical Library . This brief article describes the many factors that can cause you to experience stress. At some point in their lives virtually everyone will experience stressful events or situations that overwhelm their natural coping mechanisms.
Many factors influence susceptibility to stress.
One study targeted people most likely to have frequent mental stress compared to the general population. In America, women who live in New York are most stressed, while people in South Dakota are least stressed. Biologic or Genetic Factors Certain people, because of inherited or other physiologic factors, are more vulnerable than others to the damaging effects of stress. In some people, exposure to frequent episodes of stress can cause blood pressure spikes, which over time, may lead to heart disease. In some people, however, stress hormones become elevated to the same degree with repeated exposure to the situation as they were to the first.