You can actually feel your heart beating against your chest and maybe your hands begin to tremble a bit. These are signs that you're being stressed out. But why? What is it that causes us to become stressful?

Want to live stress free? If you have these three things, and it doesn't matter how you get them, you're guaranteed to live a pretty stress free existence.

Cardiac stress tests are not routinely given to anyone. They're mostly reserved for those who are considered at risk for heart disease. People with high blood pressure, diabetes, patients with a family history of heart problems, people who smoke or are overweight are all potential candidates having a cardiac stress test prescribed by their doctor.

Stress has become a part of every person's life. This is because there are many probable situations that can bring about stress. If a loved one dies, you feel stressed. If you suddenly lose your job, you feel stressed. If you experience relationship problems with your family, siblings, or friends, you will feel stress. Even the work and school activities can bring about stress.

If you look at a U.S. president prior to him taking office with his looks after four or eight years on the job and it's hard to avoid the conclusion that stress affects aging.

There's good types of anxiety and bad types. Acute stress is a good type. We all go through anxiety at some time in our lives. Acute stress is a short lived "fight or flight" response where the body experiences an extreme hormonal shock to the body in response to a perceived threat. When the perceived threat is over, the anxiety dissipates and the body's systems and hormonal levels return to normal.

Some of us are seemingly born with the ability to handle high levels of anxiety relatively easily. While others of us seem to get stressed out by the tiniest of things when they go wrong. Fortunately, stress management is something that can be learned.

Stress has always been with us. If we go back to caveman days, there was no doubt the stress of survival - finding food, seeking shelter, escaping predators, fitting in with the clan.

Want to live stress free? If you have these three things, and it doesn't matter how you get them, you're guaranteed to live a pretty stress free existence.

Some may embrace the holidays with cheer, hope, and thanksgiving while others may embrace the season with burden, anxiety, and personal failure. This article addresses three ways you can overcome anxiety and depressed mood during the holidays.