Why is stress stressful?

Are you feeling stress lately? can't you concentrate on the paperwork that you need to complete?

Studies show that stress is mainly an internal factor; that is, how we react to a situation than the situation itself.

One person may react to a situation by considering it as a problem and starts worrying about it. Another person may consider a situation as a challenge and looks forward in solving the problem. The external situation is the same, and yet the person who experiences stress and the other person doesn't.

Obviously, the solution is to think positively in any situation, since most potential disasters don't happen anyway, and you are better off taking positive steps to prevent or find remedy for the problem than worrying about it.

Shakespeare was right when he suggested that "nothing is really good or bad, it's just our thinking which makes it so."

Frequent minor stresses are more harmful, because they are more cumulative and there is little time in between them to recover. Also, stress can cause many physical disorders such as headaches, ulcers, skin conditions, heart disease, high blood pressure, colds and reduced immunity.

Studies shows that exercise reduces anxiety levels and depression. And researches shows that laughing stimulates the production of beta endorphins, the same chemicals which makes the runner's 'high'. In fact, laughing can be described as 'internal jogging' because our system gets to work out.