Firstly, let’s define good and bad stress, because there’s a difference between them. Good stress drives us to accomplish things: getting up in the morning, exercising, and fulfilling our responsibilities. Bad stress is different and includes us feeling a lack of control over something that is important to us, feeling time-poor, or being unfairly treated. The underlying factor in relation to bad stress is the feeling that we can’t cope with or manage whatever it is that we are facing. When this type of stress is prolonged, we call it ‘chronic stress.’