Recognizing Stress The sources, the effects, the war~ng signals ~ and the benefits of coping Stress is inescapable, reaching into your work environment, social affairs and home life, and even intruding on your sleep. Stress-rektted problems have become an ever-increasing complaint among people who work, from those on al~ assembly line to top-level executives, and the American Academy of Family Physicians estimates that symptoms linked to stress account for about two thirds of all visits to family physicians. Many people think of stress only as a negative force, sapping their ener~ and decision-making abilities, decreasing their productix4ty and making them more susceptible to illness. Yet researchers have shown that stress also has a positive side, and that in fact some stress is necessaly for functioning effectively and living a full lifb, Whether stress has a mostly positive or negative impact on you depends on how you per- ceive and respond to stresslhl situations. And recognizing stress and then coping with it successfully are processes that you can learn.
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