Stress and pressure have become a part of our lives. We experience it in varying degrees. This stress, pressure and anxiety are mostly to do with things that happen around us and the way we react to these events. It could be due to our work, family, travel, money among other things. It affects us in more ways than we can imagine. It has a subconscious effect on our behavior and action. Over a period, this influence becomes very perceptible in our life. We tend to get angry and frustrated at the first opportunity. Our mental and emotional balance goes for a toss and we end up doing irrational things that we thought we were incapable of. This pushes us deeper down than finding solutions to our problems. We lose our ability to think and to make decisions. How can we overcome stress in order to lead a healthy and happy life? The first and foremost step is to understand you better. You must know what triggers your anger and stress. It could be because you are overloaded with work or it can be due to someone else’s actions and behavior or it could be just about any reason. You must figure that out and take conscious steps to reduce your reaction and involvement to the person or thing that triggers your stress. We can attribute a cause-effect relationship to every human action and behavior. Once you understand the cause and its effect, then overcoming it becomes easier. Emotional detachment helps you to become immune to things that cause stress and pressure for you. For example, if your work is the reason for your stress, then you must take steps to detach yourself emotionally from it. This does not mean that you neglect your work but you must ensure that are not affected by its outcome. It is not easy. It is a long hard road, which requires a lot of deliberate effort. However, the end of the road is wonderful and it is worth the effect. Some techniques are available to relieve your stress and pressure. Some of them are yoga, meditation and physical exercise. Mediation helps you to focus all your attention and concentrate on a single point, which could be a thought or an object, depending on the individual. This gives you an opportunity to delve deep into your mind to know what is happening there. It helps you to take your mind away from the problems that give u stress. As human beings, we have evolved to adjust and live in our present surrounding. But some of the basic instincts remain the same. One of them is the characteristic to fight off any harm or evil that may affect us. Certain hormones are present in us that are released when we have to take steps physically fight off anything that may affect us. Nowadays, we don’t have to run behind away from other animals to protect us. So this results in a build-up of hormones that cause tension in our body. Scientifically, it has been proved that physical exercise helps us to release these hormones. You may be surprised to know that you actually feel more relieved after a workout session. Yoga is another method to relive your stress. Though yoga is less vigorous than physical exercise, it will help you to attain physical and mental stability. These techniques help you to take control of your lives. You decide what you want to do. You must be able to keep away from things that affect you by shutting yourself completely to such things. This will help you to live a long, peaceful and happy life.