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Changes in ways of life, n its economic, social and cultural aspects subjects the average citizen to harmful Physical, and Psychological Stresses. However, such Stresses, according to scholars of the field, might in the meantime, entail positive and constructive characteristics as well. Notwithstanding, Psychologists consider such stresses as ordinary for man. To be more specific, they emphasi7e that the border between benefitial and harmful stress is drawn in respect of man s maturity. absorbability, flexibility and tolerance in his own environment. The author has endeavored to uncover the complexities of stress , it s implications and practical ways of challenging it.