The only person who showed Michael care and concern and who gave him encouragement, support, love, and time. I don't want to sound melodramatic, but he really gave me the strength to keep going when so often I really just wanted to give up. Stress Stress affects most of us, at some time in our lives, to varying degrees. The effects can be psychological, mental, social, relational, and even spiritual. Some estimates also suggest that stress is the underlying cause of up to 70 percent of visits to doctors.
Stress is a normal reaction to life for people of all ages.
It's caused by your body's instinct to protect the self from emotional or physical pressure or, in extreme situations, from danger. 1 Denise Cox , director of two Kip McGrath Education Centre s in southeast Queensland, Australia, and presenter of learning performance seminars, believes that stress is an unavoidable part of life. This is non-productive stress. Stress can become debilitating and destructive when a person feels like it's all become too much, that they can no longer deal with life's pressures and circumstances and they just want to give up. Such feelings and thoughts are a definite danger sign, and indicate that the person needs to get help straight away.