In human terms it may mean not enough money, bad health, accidents and injuries, family problems, trouble at work, or major disappointments. It feels as if everything is coming unglued. Without counting work at home or in the community. We rush through our lives under the tyranny of the clock, in an age of haste.
Studies show that people view certain experiences as producing higher stress than others.
These include the death of a spouse, divorce, marital separation, a jail term, death of a family member, personal injury or illness, being fired from work, retirement, or pregnancy. Studies also show that when these individual items accumulate, they produce a cluster of stresses which many times overwhelms people. Not all stress is bad. In fact, being under some stress will enable you to protect yourself and enable you to be more productive and creative. An important concept to remember is that negative stress is usually produced by a combination of factors or an overload.