Acute and chronic stress can affect your bladder as well as overall health. Urologist Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt describes his own wake-up call over stress.

Acute and chronic stress can affect your bladder as well as overall health. Urologist Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt describes his own wake-up call over stress.

Many things in life can cause you to have an acute stress reaction, but sometimes these stressors become chronic and can cause serious side effects.

Knowing how acute and chronic stress look and feel can help you better overcome them when they strike, mental health experts say.

Chronic stress is a consistent feeling of being pressured or overwhelmed for a long period of time. Experts discuss how to spot it.

Chronic stress is ubiquitous in the modern world and very damaging. To what degree does our ancient ancestry contribute to this effect, and is there anything we can do about it?

Acute, relatively short-term stresses are nothing to take lightly, especially when they are extremely severe. However, chronic stress, or stress over extended periods, is generally far worse for us.

Stress generates new nerve cells in the brain that, two weeks later, help you learn better. Thus, unlike chronic stress, acute stress primes the brain for improved cognitive and mental performance.