Stress Affects Everybody in Different Ways

You've got a major report due at noon, and it's not finished yet. Your daughter is close to flunking algebra. This morning, you sat in a horrible mess of traffic on the highway. Feeling stressed?
When you are stressed, your body is aroused and energized, and temporarily you go through changes. This is a natural process called the "fight-or-flight" response, which means do your body stay and fight the danger or do run away from it?
Stress can help you or hurt you. …