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Webster’s Dictionary defines stress as “a mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health, usually characterized by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability, and depression.” One of the main issues regarding stress is that most people recognize it inaccurately. Contrary to popular belief, stress is not only synonymous with tension or anxiety. People believe that a person is in a state of stress only when he or she is worried about situations such as getting laid off at work, not having enough money to pay the bills, or even being worried about the future. However, stress is also what the body experiences as it adjusts to the continually changing environment. Therefore, the body has a much wider definition of stress. To the body, stress is synonymous with change. Anything that causes a change in one’s life causes stress. It doesn't matter whether the change is good or bad, it is stress. When a person gets job promotions that is stress. On the other hand, if someone else experiences a death in the family that is also stress. The reality is that good or bad, if it is a change in