Abstract:
Stress and stressful events are part of our life. Until recently, it was considered that stress is not characteristic for young people, they have a normal life without special pressures. Nowadays, the conditions of modern life, the speed with which events are happening, consumer society, problems at work, in love relationship, failures and unsuccess determine the manifestation of stress among young people. We are witnessing an increase number of young people experiencing an intense level of stress. Stress is the response to certain external and / or internal factors that may have a physical, biological or psychological nature. Stress can have negative consequences on physical and mental health. A high level of stress changes the body’s function and influence on immune system, nervous system, cardiac system and endocrine system, etc. On psychological level stress causes changes in thinking, emotions and behavior and can produce psychological discomfort, emotional instability, neuroticism. When stress becomes chronic it affects important aspects of young people life: work, rest time and social relationships.
