what is actual stress?
<answer> Stress is the body's method of reacting to a condition such as a challenge or physical and psychological barrier. <context> Physiological or biological stress is an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition. Stress is the body's method of reacting to a condition such as a challenge or physical and psychological barrier. Stimuli that alter an organism's environment are responded to by multiple systems in the body. The autonomic nervous system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis are two major systems that respond to stress. The sympathoadrenal medullary axis may activate the fight-or-flig