Despite what people may think, stress isn't ALL bad. It's our bodies way of getting us to take action. However, if we have had experiences that produce fear, overwhelm, discomfort, anxiety... insert any negative emotion here it will activate our stress response (think fight, flight, freeze here....) and cause us to become dysregulated emotionally (think out of balance here). If we have experienced adverse childhood experiences in a younger years of life, we tend to stay in a dysregulated state for longer.