STRESS INFORMATION
Understand Stress: How It Works, What Causes It, and How It Shows Up
Clear, research-based guides that explain what stress is, where it comes from, and how to recognize it in your body, mind, and behavior. Start at the beginning or jump straight to the topic you need.
WELCOME
Know Your Stress Before You Try to Fix It
Stress feels different for everyone, but it follows patterns. Once you understand how the stress response works, what typically triggers it, and which signals to look for, it becomes much easier to choose the right way to deal with it.
This section is organized in three steps, from the basics to the details.
NOT SURE WHERE TO START?
Begin with Introduction to Stress. It explains the basics in plain language and links to everything else.
THREE TOPICS
Choose What You Want to Learn
Each topic has its own set of focused guides you can read on their own.
TOPIC 1
START HERE
Introduction to Stress
The foundations: how your nervous system and stress response work, which types of stress exist, and how common stress really is.
TOPIC 2
Causes of Stress
The everyday sources of stress, from study and money to work, relationships, health, and the big questions of meaning.
TOPIC 3
Symptoms of Stress
How stress shows up in your body, your emotions, and your behavior, including differences between men and women.
NEXT TOPIC
Measuring Stress
Now that you have the background information, let’s see how stress can be measured.