Stress and the anxiety caused by it, account for 75% of illness . The National Health Interview Survey acknowledged that up to 75% of the US population experience 'some stress' every two weeks, while in the UK, the Health and Safety Executive, noted that upwards of 5 million people were 'very' or 'extremely' stressed though work.

In this section we'll be outlining the facts about stress, in a straight forward manner. We'll help you understand what stress is and we'll then look at its early signs, to determine whether you could be suffering from stress at the moment. If you suffer from stress and are a parent in a family, we also look at how stress might be affecting young children in the family dynamic.

Once we've established some facts about stress, we can start to look at what might be causing stress.

Sources:
British Medical Journal
National Health Interview Survey