Stress is how your body responds to a change in emotions. During this time, the body experiences what is known as the fight or flight response. The heart beats faster, the adrenaline races through the body, breathing gets quicker, and blood is sent to the heart and muscles. Stress can cause a person to work harder or give a great performance, but it can also make one sick, depressed, or burned out. Many things cause stress.
Stress can lead to many things.
It can cause depression and burnout. Short-term stress can interfere with clear judgement, reduce enjoyment of work, and damage the positive frame of mind that you need. The symptoms are faster heart rate, rapid breathing, tense muscles, feelings of nausea, etc. Long-term stress can cause depression, helplessness, hostility, becoming more lethargic, and or a drinking or smoking increase. Stress can be handled in many ways.