You can learn to ease and manage stress by understanding your role in stress reactions, developing a balanced lifestyle and effective personal organization, learning relaxation techniques, getting perspective on problems through discussion, and clarifying your own values .
Most people view stress as caused by external factors, called stressors.
In reality, stress is an interactional process. An accurate self-assessment will allow you to see your role in stress reactions. For example, an A student gets a C on a paper. She immediately assumes that her grades are going downhill and she will not get into a good medical school, thus will be unable to reach the life goal she has set for herself. Thinking about this constantly results in loss of sleep and inability to concentrate.