Effects of Stress

There's a good kind of stress, stress that you experience from watching a scary movie or riding a roller coaster. Then there's the bad kind. If you let it go on for long periods of time, stress can mess you up mentally and physically.

Q&A: Don’t a lot of the people who have had difficult childhood remain resilient and able to cope with stress?

Q: Don’t a lot of the people who have had difficult childhood remain resilient and able to cope with stress?

A: If you have the family, the caregiver and child relationship, and if it’s consistent over time and doesn’t have so many up-down swings toward the kid and there is stability within the family, even in bad external environments, a child will be able to do well.