In the modern world, people experience stress in various forms throughout their daily lives. Stress in the medical world is called the “silent killer”. Stress is a state of mental or emotional tension usually caused by challenging situations, a traumatic experience and often due to mental health problems, namely anxiety. Although it is perfectly normal to experience stress and is sometimes helpful in providing a person with the focus needed to carry out important tasks. However, this condition can become uncontrolled, persistent, overbearing and can destroy overall well-being in many. The human body reacts to stress with physical, emotional and mental changes. As is the case with many people today, the conditions persist for long periods, wreaking havoc on the body and causing numerous health problems. The human body faces the stress condition by showing symptoms of headache, muscle pain, dizziness, blurred vision. , inability to concentrate and in severe cases it affects the main organs, namely the heart. Provided that, in the presence of stressful events, a self-defense mechanism known as the "acute stress response", more commonly referred to as the fight-or-flight response, is activated. Subsequently, this is a physiological reaction to physically and mentally undesirable situations and wreaks havoc on your overall health and well-being. Heart attacks, statistically, are one of the leading causes of death in the United States in recent decades. Resulting from a common symptom of prolonged stress, which is high blood pressure. In addition to this, external factors also contribute to stress, namely tobacco, alcohol, caffeine, recreational drugs and many other stimulants. In view of the stress epidemic, various drugs...... middle of paper...... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1878840/?page=1> ."Stress and heart disease: symptoms, causes, treatment: does stress affect everyone the same?" MedicineNet. WebMD, LLC., and Web. April 7, 2014. “Understanding the Stress Response – Harvard Health Publications.” Health Information and Medical Information - Harvard Health Publications. Harvard University, March 2011. Web. 7 April 2014. .Weiner, Herbert. Disturbing the organism: the biology of stressful experience. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, nd Print. Yehuda, Rachel, and Bruce S. McEwen. Biobehavioral stress response: protective and detrimental effects. New York, NY: New York Academy of Sciences, 2004. Print.