In our society of today, stress plays a big role in our daily lives. Stress is what moves us, and it can also be what harms us. Yes, stress is what motivates us to do things efficiently, but it is also what can cause serious diseases to occur such as heart disease or cancer.
             Stress comes upon all of us, especially those who have responsibility. Whether we have a final paper due in four hours, just failed an exam, or lost our job, it all plays a great role in our life and it can seriously affect us for the future.
             The emotions of the body are what contribute to stress. If a person is having a ordinary boring day, then they will have very low stress levels. But, if a person is having a miserable day or even one full of fun you will see that their stress levels are high. In old and even new research it is said that this stress is caused from the communication between the nervous and immune systems.
             Impairing the communication between these two systems is associated with a susceptibility to inflammatory diseases, thyroid problems, and arthritis. This is what stress does, it interferes and causes the immune system not to be ready for possible illnesses that may come about.
             The numbers of ways that stress can harm us are great. The development of cancer is one thing that stress can effect. There have been studies that show that the more stress a person has, the chance that they may develop cancer will increase. It has even been shown that people with cancer already can live a longer life, on a average of 18 months longer, without stress. In both cases stress plays a important role of whether a person will die and this is why stress effects cancer.
             Heart disease is another that stress can effect greatly. Researchers have found that sudden clumping of blood platelets triggers some heart attacks caused by fear or anger. When these emotions run high, the platelets become stickier and they tend to act as a dam, blockin
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