Family issues can range from problems with your spouse, teenager or siblings and so forth however, either of these has been known to cause stress. For instance, if you are having problems with a particular member of the family, you might find that you often become irritated with the person which eventually increases the stress levels in your life. You can deal with this situation and prevent it from escalating if you are prepared to deal with your problems directly with the member of the family and will go a long way to solving the problem thus making it less stressful.