Eating like this isn't the right way to reduce stress!

2. Body Stress Tolerance - this refers to the amount of stress that your body is able to withstand without totally breaking down. This has to do with your physical resources: how healthy your body is. This is determined by how fit you are, how much sleep you get and how well you eat.

3. Age - Each developmental stage that a person goes through has its own set of stressors.

• The infant's main developmental task is to establish a sense of self and getting the social/emotional needs met by family as mentioned above (see self-concept)
  
  
• The preteen and teenage years move the focus from family to peers in the form of social life and school. Many teenagers are stressed as a result of pressure to be "cool" and to succeed. Socially, friends and popularity can become a big stress if a teenager doesn't have as many friends as s/he wants so s/he may choose to smoke and do drugs to look (and feel) cool and popular. At school, internal and external pressures arise: external from family and teachers who want the teenager to do well and from peers (the fear of being labeled a "nerd" could constrict someone from working). Internally, the teenager could

  The retired person has a whole new set of stressors to deal with!

  push him/herself wanting to do more, faster and better. The belief that s/he cannot do well or low self-confidence and lack of self-esteem (poor self concept) can cause stress.
  
  
• Adult stressors are qualitatively different but still huge in number. A single person has to work out finance-management, living security, work and time for socializing. With a family, these are all multiplied because one has to worry about oneself, spouse and children. There are so many responsibilities that adults have, and it's these pressures/frustrations/conflicts that result in high stress levels.
  
  
• The pensioner (retired person) has three main situations that induce stress (some, or all of these may be experienced):
  Loss of health, status, work, independence and friends, with increased dependency on others (financial, physical, emotional) and the possibility of living in an old-age home where freedom and privacy may be diminished.

At different times in one's life, some stressors will have a greater impact than others because of the person's situation, needs and life experiences.