Stress is everywhere in our everyday life. Not only men have it, but also women and young people.
The most important reasons of stress are: death, diseases, exams, making money, getting married, moving houses, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on.
How do you know whether you have stress or not? Could you give your answers to the following questions?
| Do you... | Yes | No |
| Easily get angry? |
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| Often sleep badly? |
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| Get headaches a lot? |
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| Take medicine to help sleep? |
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| Find it difficult to relax? |
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| Usually hide your feeling? |
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| Smoke and drink a lot to keep quiet? |
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| Find it difficult to put your heart into something? |
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If your answer "Yes" to more than two of these questions, you are one of those people with stress. So what can you do about it?
Doing relaxing exercises, talking with friends and listening to light music are all usual ways of relieving (减轻) stress. However, doctors now say that there are easier ways-people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people, especially men, should X more often, because crying is a natural way of relieving stress.
