Eight Top Stress-Busters How to manage when things get tense By Rebecca E. Greer S tress is a fact of life. Rain spoils parades, picnics, and new suede shoes. Illnesses strike, computers crash, and tires go flat at the worst moments. Even when nothing goes wrong, life can be stressful simply because we run out of hours before we run out of things to do. We certainly can't avoid stress entirely.
Some people even seem to thrive on stress.
But an overload can damage health and well-being. Stress has been linked to asthma, hypertension, and heart disease, among other ailments. Nonetheless, most experts agree that you can avoid the ill effects of stress by learning to manage it. Psychologists, researchers, and people who handle stress successfully offer these effective techniques.