You enjoy the same benefits without the hangovers, depressions, addictions, or damage to your physical and mental being. You may notice, after a calming meditation, that the people with whom you come in contact with immediately thereafter, seem to reflect back to you the warmth that you expel. You will have gone through a cleansing process, allowing you to feel good about yourself and others. Others often pick up on this and show you their more pleasant side. Life just seems to become more pleasant.
Stress is peculiar to each individual.
It is probably more often associated with someone in a fast moving high paced profession, a high ranking executive or someone in a highly interactive type activity. This is not always true. The housewife or househusband may feel more stressed because of underlying feelings of unfulfillment, with each daily household activity a constant reminder of their lack of achievement. The executive might find total fulfillment and a wonderful feeling of accomplishment coping successfully with the continual barrage of daily problems. Again, stress builds from the individual's reaction to events, not as a direct result of them.