I have written quite a few posts for Psychology Today about stress and burnout (See my posts). I am frequently asked what is the single most important action I can take to address burnout and its ...

Feeling constantly overwhelmed, even after the stressor is gone? You might be skipping a crucial step that your body needs to recover. Psychologist Megan Call, PhD, explains the three stages of the ...

Have you ever gone through something hard and realized you just weren’t the same afterwards? Most of us have experienced this after major life events. However, at a cellular and molecular level, this ...

As a prior trauma therapist, I've personally witnessed over 1,000 clients' stories of life stressors. For these clients, some stressors were crippling; others were merely annoyances. The common thread ...

Research shows that some types of stressors—and the way we react to them—can actually be beneficial to our overall health and well-being. Here’s how. Some stressors, like being a quarterback, aren't ...

It’s a typical scenario. You’re faced with a lingering problem, like an argument with a friend, a looming deadline, or a difficult decision. You think you should try to tackle it, but all you really ...

Ambient stress creeps up on you slowly, affecting your body in ways you might not notice right away. Here’s how to keep it from taking over, according to therapists. You know how sometimes your ...

A higher number of preoperative stressors was linked to worse recoveries from surgery among older adults, according to a January study published in Anesthesiology.

Toxic stress is a child’s bodily response to serious and lasting stress without proper support. This can have long-lasting effects on both the body and brain. Stress is a typical part of life and can ...

Human evolution hasn't caught up to the stressors of modern life, and it could be making us sick, two evolutionary anthropologists argue. In their review, the researchers compared contemporary and ...

HealthDay News — Psychological distress is common among geriatric surgery patients, and greater preoperative stressor counts ...