Chronic Stress: Strategies for the Overworked

Periodic stress is not a bad thing. In fact, it can be a good thing. It causes our bodies to release adrenaline that can help us finish that assignment, meet a deadline, even enhance our performance and problem-solving ability. But chronic stress is persistent and exists over a longer period of time. It becomes overwhelming, and often a person feels that they never get a break from it. Chronic stress can have debilitating effects on our psychological and physical well-being. In fact the medical community recognizes that 90% of all illnesses are stress-related.