What is stress? Stress is the term used to describe physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events appraised as threatening or challenging. Stress can show itself in many ways. The physical part of stress can include symptoms of tiredness, sleep disturbances, frequent colds, and even chest pains with nausea. People under stress may behave differently, walking back and forth, eating too much, crying a lot, smoking and drinking more, physically putting their hands on someone. Emotionally, people under stress experience anxiety, depression, fear, and irritability, as well as frustration and anger. Due to mental stress, problems with concentration, memory and decision making can occur, and people often lose their sense of humor. Many people experience stress on a daily basis, and college students are often more likely to face situations and events that require them to make changes and adapt their behavior. Assigned reading, papers, studying for tests, juggling, jobs, car trouble, reports, and managing deadlines are all...