Chronic stress affects millions of people around the world. It can happen to anyone, and at any age. Chronic stress,specifically refers to a continuous state of distress. What happens in our bodies is this. We have what is called our ANS, which is our Autonomic Nervous System. When the stress happens, our Autonomic Nervous System then ignores, and fails to trigger a relaxation response. Chronic stress feels like an on going, endless state of distress. The specific condition is that a person feels affected by overwhelming situations repeatedly.

Examples of chronic stress can include, a bad marriage, a demanding job, or the on going illness of a relative, or the on and off relationship of 2 people. The human body has been 'designed' to endure stress, distress, and acute stress to admirable levels. But chronic stress, is the most detrimental type, and will certainly, at some point, manifest itself through our bodies if not regulated.

We all heard of the word adrenaline. But what actually is adrenaline. We have all heard the saying " When my adrenaline gets going I wanna scream" or "he/she really gets my adrenaline going".

Adrenaline is Epinephrine, widely called adrenaline, is a hormone and neurotransmitter. When produced in the body it increases heart rate, contracts blood vessels and dilates air passages and participates in the fight-or-flight response of the sympathetic nervous system.

Adrenaline grants us with a super power to subsist through threatening or extremely stressful times. But if these levels are too high for too long, it can cause serious health risks. Adrenaline can be positive is some ways as well. Since our body and mind is not meant to endure chronic stress, the toll that an adrenaline burst can have on your body is devastating. Studies show that continuous feelings of distress, contribute to 80 percent of illnesses that doctors treat every day. That is a very high percentage.

It is so important to familiarize ourselves with what stress is, and the effects it can have on us. This is because the potential danger it has, is so detrimental to our health. If you wait long enough, stress will become a problem. Eventually, with no goal to solve it, you will burnout.

First you need to understand and accept that you are stressed. Then see how stress is affecting your daily life. You will then be in a position to see is the best way to take care of it. The most important about stress is this. You need to understand how your actions, reactions, decisions, and satisfactions are controlled by the stress of any situation.

The best way to reduce chronic stress, is to identify where the pressures in your life are coming from. Be honest with yourself. Don't just brush it under the rug. It will crop up again. Then you can decide whether the stress is perceived or actual. Isolate each issue, and find a way to make it better. If you can't make it better, accept the situation for what is. When we accept things in our lives, the stress level is always down. A very important point here I am going to make. Because you accept something, doesn't mean you have to agree with it.

It is important to realize that it is common for something to be perceived as stressful, when in actuality it is not. Here is a great Example. A husband worrying about his wife being late from a friend, the supermarket, etc. is an actual stress. He will be concerned for her well-being, or of the solidity of their relationship and how faithful she is. Why? Because it is in his head, not hers. Maybe it even is something that he thinks of, or that he may do. But he transfers the imaginary thing in his head, to her.

If the husband continues to worry about this second aspect, even after his wife offers a clear explanation of the situation, this is what happens. This is a perceived stress that is unnecessary, and totally avoidable. He created something in his head, as she did nothing wrong.

A lot of stress can be a healthy, positive drive. That positive gives us competitive edge and ambition to achieve things in life. But we need to be very careful. Too much stress, and you can find yourself living in someone else head.