Many well known politicians freely admit to suffering stress and tension before delivering a major speech. What it does, however, is enable all the resources of that person to be focused so that in fact they end up performing at a level well beyond what they could have imagined. Therefore, stress can be a good thing as long as it is controlled and as long as it produces positive results, rather than negative. There is much said today about taking it to the limit , or running to the extreme . What stress often does is stretch you to points where you are able to achieve those things, which you could hardly have dreamt where achievable.
Stress is an unavoidable consequence of life but is totally necessary.
Manageable levels of stress are stimulating, challenging and one of our best motivators for achievement. However, when stress levels get out of control it can make us sick causing us physical and emotional harm. Stress has been linked to all the leading causes of death, obesity, alcoholism, substance abuse, depression and anxiety as well as a host of other conditions that have a detrimental affect on our bodies. The causes of stress for women are very broad and can range from a trivial annoyance to something that alters our life completely. We are constantly under some form of stress whether it is from overload at work or within the family, relationship problems, financial worries or lack of exercise.