"To me, stress meant being unhappy, whereas I was really enjoying my life. But it was true: there was no work-life balance and I was living a high-stress life."

Liz

"When the doctor told me I’d burned myself out from too much stress, I found it difficult to believe. To me, stress meant being unhappy, whereas I was really enjoying my life."

Liz

"Reducing the impact of these stressful situations enables me to be more confident, more creative, and more comfortable."

Harry

"Stress is like a glass of water, you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with the burden."

Annie

"Remember, you have stress, but stress doesn’t have you."

Nicolas Brown

"Stress is not what happens to us. It's our response TO what happens. And RESPONSE is something we can choose."

Maureen Killoran

"The sky isn't always blue, the sun doesn't always shine, and it's okay to fall apart sometimes."

Lily

"Stress is like spice - in the right proportion it enhances the flavour of a dish. Too little produces a bland, dull meal; too much may choke you."

Donald Tubesing

"It’s not stress that kills us; it is our reaction to it."

Hans Selye

"I'm literally losing my mind, I see that I've gone from being a great student, hard-worker, etc to walking on hell's boundaries."

Anonymous

"I'm about to be 37 in a couple months and haven't come close to my self-expected achievements. I feel like I'm failing and that I have no control."

Anonymous

"I am having hard time sleeping at night time, lacking off on my job because its not going well, lose appetite,starting having low temper,get angry easily and tired everyday…"

Kevin

"Here is what I do a lot to relieve my stress "take out a piece of notebook paper get a pen and write down thirty things that you love about you and write down why you love those things about you"."

Brandy

"Im not managing well, I know that my kids are the cause of my strtess, but I can't get away from them, because they are my kids."

Cats

"Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness."

Richard Carlson

"I've been under extreme stress for seven years. For about 9 months it was less but for a month it’s been massive again. Now I've not been sleeping well, not sleeping until 3 or 4 or 5 in the morning."

Dave

"Stress is very bad and dangerous to your health.. It’s always better to not to take too much tensions... To avoid stress try to do yoga and exercise."

Anonymous

"Stress typically describes a negative concept that can have an impact on one’s mental and physical well-being, but it is unclear what exactly defines stress and whether or not stress is a cause, an effect, or the process connecting the two."

Ryan

"Having a pet is really an effective for stress. I have a Labrador and I feel very relaxing while playing with him."

David

"I'm always so stressful that I think this is the reason I lost my hair."

Sam

"I suffer from extremely low self confidence and I'm having obsessive thoughts all the time in a way that I'm trying to control things and predict the outcome of situations."

Anonymous

"We can learn how to transform our mind from negative to positive, from disturbed to peaceful, from unhappy to happy. Overcoming negative minds and cultivating constructive thoughts is the purpose of the meditation."

Raina

"I've probably been stressed throughout half of my life, and at this point in time I'm going through quite a bit of heartbreak."

Suzanne

"Learn to relax and develop a positive approach. Understand problem solving to keep friendships and relationships intact."

Dr Raj Dhoni

"You have admitted you are stressed. Now, what are you going to do today that might help?"

Liam Makselon

"If you interview alcoholics who have relapsed, they often will describe chronic life stressors as causing their alcohol relapse"

Steve Bressert, PhD

"Stress is when you wake up screaming and realize you haven't fallen asleep yet."

Rita

"The majority of stressors come from relationships."

Anonymous

"The mark of a successful man is one that has spent an entire day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it."

Anonymous

"The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it."

Anonymous

"Sleep is as essential to our well-being as the air we breathe, or the water we drink."

Naomi

"Life is a juggling act of balancing stress and stressors with the need for life to be meaningful and interesting. Knowing how to cope with stress comes with practice and determination."

Eric

"Avoid blaming others and situations – WE have the ultimate decision on how OUR time will be spent."

Gina

"There is a thin line between the madness and the good sense. Take care because the stress can drive you to the wrong side."

Clara

"Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Coincidence? I think not!"

Anonymous