Stress can come from inside. It can be caused by our perception of events, rather than by the events themselves. A job transfer might be a horrible stress to one person, a magnificent opportunity to another. A lot depends on attitude.

But even when the stress is undeniably external — say, all your money was just skimmed — stress affects a host of changes inside our body.  More specifically, stress in all its many forms interferes with the body’s production of three very important hormones that help you feel balanced and “normal”: [Read more…]