Learn Practical techniques to help you stop stress taking over your mind. Deal with the core causes of the stress you experience and leave behind techniques that mask its effects. Stress is an invisible entity that tends to creep on humans. Initially stress can indeed be helpful in helping us get motivated to do things. However, massive doses of stress for long periods of time leads to so many different physical and mental health related problems. We are more likely to suffer from stress if we live a survival focussed lifestyle and not likely to suffer from it if we live an improvement focussed lifestyle.