Life-Stress Issues: Stories / Information / Self-Assessment / Support and Counseling

Stress seems often to be like the weather, "everybody is talking about it, but nobody is doing anything about it." And like the weather, stress is mentioned so often that it is trivialized. If everyone is stressed these days and stress is just a universal fact of life in the twenty-first century, then it doesn't help to talk about it. Just grit your teeth and get on with life. Stop Complaining. On the other hand, there are many books, activities, strategies advertised to help one deal with stress. People who apparently hope to reduce their stress by adopting the latest fad spend millions, perhaps more, each year.

But stress, like alcohol, has a darker side. Research is mounting that shows stress to be a major factor in many chronic, deadly diseases. Heart disease, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, depression, addiction are but a few of the diseases linked to chronic, long-term stress.

To learn more about how stress can affect your personal and professional life, what responses to stress work and which compound the problem, and successful strategies for long term stress reduction, review the personal stories, the information, and take the self-assessment test.