Has the impact of stress increased on our daily lives compared to the past?
By Anish Asokan
@RevivedWarrior (3758)
India
February 5, 2025 9:43pm CST
I feel stress has started becoming part of our lives, compared to earlier times. Be it a child, teenager, adult or senior citizen there are more psychological challenges than what existed earlier. Earlier times, there was survival struggles or financial struggles, but then today social pressure, school or work pressure, financial instability and social expectations.
The technology advancement has helped us but then we are also anxious about social media and artificial intelligence.
The fast nature of today’s society gives us little time to relax and be on constant productive works. I also feel earlier generations also faced hardships but they had good community support systems to take care of stress. However, today we are getting more isolated, relying more on digital media than the emotional support.
Although stress existed earlier, its nature and the intensity has also evolved and now it is part of our daily lives. What’s your take on the increasing stress on our daily lives?
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12 responses
@Deepizzaguy (107538)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Feb
I try to deal with stress by relying on prayer to ger me through a rough period.
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@RevivedWarrior (3758)
• India
9 Feb
Prayer is definitely a good way to be healed from stress.
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@Deepizzaguy (107538)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9 Feb
@RevivedWarrior You are right.
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@id_peace (15143)
• Singapore
9 Feb
@RevivedWarrior ah yes. Get rid of them is probably the best thing to do. Stress are disease incubator.
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@RevivedWarrior (3758)
• India
9 Feb
Definitely , stress is not a healthy thing long term and it can definitely cause issues.
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@luisadannointed (7245)
• Philippines
12 Feb
I think it become more stressful today because of the social media. Everyone easily upset because of the wrong influence of social media. We cannot sugar coat what is going on to each platform where everyone has been given opportunity to rant and express what they thought and feel, sadly many bad influences are rampant in the social media that they keep normalizing even though their thoughts are shallow and very selfish, and many follows it and loves to justifying their wrong acts just to make them look like a poor victim or something that the young ones pick up and follows.
Social Media stresses the people. And Technology makes it easy for someone to bother other people who needs rest and their peace of mind.
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@RevivedWarrior (3758)
• India
12 Feb
Thats a good insight. Social media has its advantages but then there are negative influences which impact our lives. There is more scrutiny in things we do.
@arunima25 (89386)
• Bangalore, India
6 Feb
Human touch and human interactions are decreasing rapidly with advent of technology and the fast paced lives. Somewhere there is a constant race and constant pressure to prove and get the validation. Stess level, anxiety, depression, panic attacks... emotional and mental health are on decline.
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@arunima25 (89386)
• Bangalore, India
10 Feb
@RevivedWarrior Most of the humane things arw getting outsourced. And things would get even worse in the future. Or hopefully we will realise that and mend our ways.
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@RevivedWarrior (3758)
• India
9 Feb
You are right- the human bonding has decreased due to technology and fast paced lives. There is less support system than there were earlier.
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@grenery8 (14824)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
6 Feb
i agree with you completely. it's also very sad that we still didn't "cure" poverty but we are making robots, for example. we are literally struggling today unlike before.
i was also shocked by the view of older generations. a week ago, i met an elder lady at the bus station, who said in a patronizing way that so many people today are on social welfare. i just smiled, exchanged a few more words and was so happy to exit the bus; she also sat next to me in a bus. it's not like people don't want to work. she was between 75 and 80 years old and she lived obviously a different life when you didn't have to bother to find a job like today; i heard about those times and yes, people got jobs immediatelly back then. there might be some people who take advantage of the system but generally, who doesn't want a stability. she was weird; she was also saying me she hoped we won't get in a car crush while we were riding a bus, really
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@grenery8 (14824)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
9 Feb
@RevivedWarrior there is no balance at all. very weird lady and her state of mind. 
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@RevivedWarrior (3758)
• India
9 Feb
Well, that was weird. But then the economic situation of many countries are not great and so are the inustries. The balance is not there atleast in today's world.
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@lilacskies (10160)
• United States
10 Feb
I get more and more stressed out each year.
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@RevivedWarrior (3758)
• India
10 Feb
Looks like the reason to get stressed are increasing year on year!
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@lilacskies (10160)
• United States
10 Feb
@RevivedWarrior Yes, it will only get worse!
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@allknowing (142041)
• India
6 Feb
There is always something or the other that we have to face on a daily basis.
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@RevivedWarrior (3758)
• India
9 Feb
Well, the number of stress elements have increased in last 1 decade or so.
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@RebeccasFarm (92789)
• United States
6 Feb
Without a doubt stress has and is killing people these days.
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@RevivedWarrior (3758)
• India
9 Feb
Stress has become one of the biggest factors of destroying the quality of lives.
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@cacay1 (84464)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
6 Feb
Life is more stressful this time because of the soaring prices of commodities that do not like to slowdown. Despite this, we need to go on and giving up must not be an option but rather a motivating factor to fight odds that cause stress mentally, emotionally and physically.
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@RevivedWarrior (3758)
• India
9 Feb
Infaltion has definitely rose to elvels that are concerning .Compared to our previous generation , price rise has started impacting our quality of lives.
@RevivedWarrior (3758)
• India
9 Feb
I definitely Agree. Compared to previous generations , there are lot more stress elements in our lives these days.
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@somewitch (2395)
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6 Feb
Yeah, I guess we have more things to stress about. Even if the current worries might be smaller compared to what our ancestors used to deal with, it all adds up. Plus, the unhealthy lifestyles that worsen things. When we think of stress we often focus on the psychological kind, but the body undergoes stress too when fed the wrong way, or given less time to sleep, and those factors also have negative impact on overall wellbeing.
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@RevivedWarrior (3758)
• India
9 Feb
Compared to the previosu generation, I dod feel we have more things to worry and stress. This also includes the climate change and other factors which may not be in our control.
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