Stress is something we each experience all too frequently. Stress often arises from physical, mental, or emotional strain, and concerns about the future of the nation were the most common cause of stress reported by US citizens in 2017 , closely followed by money and then work. Our bodies don’t generally respond to stressors linearly. A tolerable amount of a stressor can lead to adaptive responses that protect us against similar insults in the future – just think of how your skin bronzes during exposure to a modest amount of summer sun. However, intolerable levels of stressors leave indelible traces of damage in our bodies – we get burnt and may develop things like moles when we’ve spent too long in the sun. While each stressor we experience has distinct effects, the effects of different stressors accumulate, and when the resultant load is excessive, we’re at increased risk of a range of ailments, from mood disorders to gastrointestinal problems to cardiovascular diseases . So, to