Dealing with stress
DEALING WITH STRESS How do you cope with stress to achieve a more balanced lifestyle? Despite the idea that stress is a part of everybody’s life, not everybody knows that it can control your life. Moreover, stress can deteriorate social and family relationships and eventually burn you out. To overcome this obstacle first you must know what the stress is, then you must be able to recognize it, and then finally deal with it. First of all we want to make clear what exactly stress is. Stress is an adaptive response. ... Stress can be both positive and negative. Good stress is a balance of arousal and relaxation that helps you concentrate, focus, and achieve what you want. Bad stress, however, is constant arousal that may lead to high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and worse.