There are two different types of stress – external and internal stress. External stress comes from things outside of our bodies, things like our job, noise, injury, toxins, bacteria, relationships, situations and our physical environment. Internal stress comes from inside our bodies and can determine how the body responds to the external stress we experience. Examples of internal stress are: feelings, imagination or anticipation, memory, general health and nutritional status, emotional health and the amount of sleep you get.

Managing stress will relate to how you can confront the external stress or change your internal factors and change how you deal with stress.