Start with this article, which discusses the body’s natural stress response, the health problems associated with chronic stress, and the role of your genes and experience in how you react to stressors. Pay particular attention to the role and effects of adrenaline and cortisol.
Read: Stress: Constant Stress Puts Your Health at Risk (http://bit.ly/1oU7dSv)
How vulnerable are you to the negative effects of stress? Take a quick quiz, and note that in some cases the answer choices of “yes” and “no” are really better thought of as “true statement” and “false statement” respectively.
Visit: Stress Vulnerability Quiz (http://allpsych.com/tests/self-help/stresstest.html)
Next, let us look in more detail at some specific ways that people react to stress and some ways to manage stress more effectively. The bottom line is this: the more effective you are at managing stress in your life, the more successful, happy, and healthy you will be.
Read: Stress Management: Reexamine Your Stress Reactions (http://bit.ly/1oU7sNb)
Visit: Positive Psychology – Using Positive Psychology for Stress Management (http://goo.gl/cwwnqZ)