# Stress ## Definition - We feel stressed when we evaluate environmental demand as beyond our ability to cope successfully. This includes elements of unpredictability, uncontrollability, and feeling overloaded. ([Location 649](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B09DTJM18Q&location=649)) ## Impact - High levels of perceived stress have been shown to correlate with more rapid aging, decreased immune function, greater inflammatory processes, less sleep, and poorer health behaviours. ([Location 661](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B09DTJM18Q&location=661)) ## Cure - Linked to [[Overwhelm]] the cure seems to just to be to do nothing!