Stress definitely has become a hot topic of late. Everyone talks about stress: "I've been stressed out lately," "I'm really stressed," "I'm under a lot of stress," "All this stress is getting to me." We hear these phrases and many more, all built upon that one six letter word: stress.
But what is stress? According to the dictionary, stress is a force exerted upon a body that tends to strain or deform its shape. It's an actual physical force, usually measured in pounds per square inch. Despite the dictionary definition, the stress we speak of actually is nothing more than a mythical creation, created in our minds by anxiety and fear.