Know your own needs. Don't be so hard on yourself. Practise relaxation techniques. Most people think of stress as events that happen around or to them, situations that make them feel angry, harassed, worried or anxious. But that's only one side of stress the outside stimulus.
Stress is a duality.
It has two sides. The body's natural biochemical response to environmental changes is really a built-in survival mechanism. In a crisis, the brain sets off an alarm. Automatically and immediately, the body is flooded with chemical messengers that direct extra energy to the muscles, nervous system, heart and other organs. In a threatening situation, this burst of energy provides the body with strength and speed, to run away from the menace or strike out at it in self-defense.