How Much Stress Is Too Much to Cope With?

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We live in an era of a national opioid crisis, common suicides and mental illness, which seems to spread like wildfire. Given these concerns, and the undoubtedly stressful world we live in, it’s reasonable to ask if most of us know when we are emotionally overwhelmed. The answer, I believe, is sadly no.

Over my many years in psychiatric practice it’s become clear to me that we do not have a…