However, stress can, through proper management, be lessened or even controlled. Stress is a response to any physical, emotional, psychological, or intellectual demand, pleasant or unpleasant that requires a readjustment of the individual in some way. Stress then, is not something that we can avoid.
Stress is a fact of life.
The demand for readjustment creates a biochemical reaction in the brain which produces elevated heart and respiratory rates, higher blood pressure, and increases in muscle tension. These changes in the body's functioning probably will be outside the individual's conscious awareness. The insidious thing about stress is that it has an accumulative affect within the body. Lifestyle - if we lead a healthy life with adequate sleep, appropriate nutrition, and a variety of activities, we will better be able to manage stress. Circumstances - university life itself contributes to stress.