Stress generally refers to the psychological perception of pressure and the body's physiological response to it. Some stress is necessary for humans and animals because it is designed to serve as a survival mechanism. That is, the perception of danger sets off an automatic response, known as the fight-or-flight response, which prepares an animal (or human) to meet a threat or to flee from it. A stressful event— whether it’s the sudden appearance of a snake on a  path or the f

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