Stress!

Hello planet dwellers,
It's been a while since I posted, and (here comes a terrible excuse) it's because I've been so STRESSED lately.
Stress is such a weird thing, we come across stress everyday and it's always there, on your back, like an annoying hitch-hiking leprechaun, and just about anything causes it. According to teenhelp.com the five 'stressors' that caused the most worry were; school work, parents, friends' problems, romantic relationships and drugs.
How crazy it seems that we accept stress as part of our  lives, even though it has the most negative impacts, and rarely tackle it and try to reduce it. Although according to the national health interview survey 75% of the general population experience at least some stress every two weeks.
Side effects of stress that I've personally suffered with are insomnia, comfort eating, nervous habits (nail biting etc.), headaches/general body aches and even feeling physically sick and experiencing chest pains.
So as a little bit of advice to people taking exams, or busy at work, or having trouble in your personal life, I say just take a few moments, every day, to yourself. Take a few little moments to do something you like and put everything in perspective. It's not a lot, but it might help.
(Notice how I've stressed the word stress throughout...I'm so punny)