Understanding Stress they did in the past. Forty-eight Stress--the way a person responds to changes and difficult percent of people in the United States report that they feel more situations a common experience that people all over stressed today than they did five years ago. In addition, most the world share (Blonna, 2005). In fact, most people have stressful doctor visits in the world (three experiences every day. However, of five) happen because of problem related to stress 2 Scientists and research shows that people experience more stress today than health workers are interested in this subject because high stress levels have more danger of having an accident at work or serious consequences that can affect people while driving, and they might start bad habits health and daily live more easily such as smoking or eating too Researchers at Rutgers University suggest much. hat recent changes in people's lifestyles have l It is important to point out that stress is not caused more stress. Stress causes the body to always bad, however. Actually, today's busy experience physical changes such as a faster lifestyles cause two kinds of stress--eustress heartbeat and breathing rate. The right level and distress. Eustress is the effect of positive of stress can make a person feel stronger and Eustress vents that cause a change in a person's life more energetic. Researchers believe that in the amount of stress that the past this energy helped people to hunt is just right for a person to grow, to stay for animals and to protect themselves from energetic, and to feel happy with life. For th physical activity involved in hunting, and nstance, getting married is a happy life event danger (Cannon, 1932). They released stress for most people. However getting married is then their bodies could relax again. Although also a big change, so it causes stress. Distress on the other hand, is the effect of bad or people today still experience an increase in difficult experiences. Problems with money, energy in response to stress, they do not use result, it is more difficult for their bodies to let school, or relationships are common causes energy like the hunter-gatherers did. As a of distress in modern life. According to the Holmes and Rahe Social Readjustment Rating go of stress. Scale (1967), the death of a husband, wife, or Too much stress-or stress that continues for child causes the most distress in a person's a long time cause serious physical and emotional problems. These problems include life. Distress can cause serious health and emotional problems, but eustress can actually trouble sleeping, sickness, and pain. Heart disease and even cancer probably result from improve a person's well-being