Stress
Stress can be a reaction to a short-lived situation, such as being stuck in traffic. Or it can last a long time if you're dealing with relationship problems, a spouse's death or other serious situations. Stress becomes dangerous when it interferes with your ability to live a normal life over an extended period. You may feel tired, unable to concentrate or irritable. Stress can also damage your physical health.
Adapted from "Mind/Body: Stress"
Stress in America
The annual Stress in America ™ survey measures attitudes and perceptions of stress throughout the nation, and identifies leading sources of stress, common behaviors used to manage stress and the impact of stress on our lives.
Conquering Your Stress
Recognizing Stress and What You Can Do
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Six myths about stress
Dispelling the myths about stress can help us to understand our problems – and then take action to address them.
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Stress Tip Sheet
APA offer tips on how to manage your stress.
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Managing your stress in tough economic times
Use these tips to help deal with stress about money and the economy.
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Identifying signs of stress in your children and teens
Young people experience stress from a variety of sources. Some stress can be positive, but too much stress is overwhelming. Tuning into emotional or behavioral cues is important in identifying potential problems.
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Listening to the warning signs of stress
Feeling stress for too long sets off your body’s warning system of physical and emotional alarms.
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How stress affects your health
Stress can be brief, situational and a positive force motivating performance, but if experienced over an extended period of time it can become chronic stress, which negatively impacts health and well-being.
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Stress: The different kinds of stress
Different types of stress have their own characteristics, symptoms, duration and treatment approaches.
Getting Help
News
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Stop your nighttime stress-eating habit
June 30, 2017, Reader's Digest
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Why do we feel so lonely?
April 30, 2017, USA TODAY
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Tips to reduce your daily stress and anxiety
April 24, 2017, TIME
Related APA Publications
APA Offices and Programs
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Work, Stress and Health Office
The Work, Stress and Health Office promotes research, training, practice and policy to examine the impact of the changing organization of work on stress, health, safety and productivity in the workplace.