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Chapter 1

Introduction

“VAT hike on petrol ups price by Rs 3.40 per liter” “Petrol price hiked by 36 paise a

liter, diesel by 87 paise”. No common man wants to wake up to these headlines early

in the morning; one often ends up being stressed about these matters. Money andworries of life often make us feel ‘Stressed’. In today’s 24/7 worlds, stress can lead us

to feel overwhelmed.

According to a recent American Psychological Association poll, majority American

adults reported experiencing moderate to high levels of stress in the past month.

Although the exact toll stress exerts during a lifetime of overload is unknown. Yet we

know that stress is a significant health hazard. It can rob the body of needed nutrients,

damage the cardiovascular system, raise blood pressure, and increase the risk ofcancer and diabetes and sampan immune defense. It can also drain our emotional

reserves; contribute to depression, anxiety, fatigue and irritability and the worst of allanger. This is case when it comes to the developed countries where there are facilities

available to help the person in stress cope up with its adverse effect.

In countries that are developing, the adverse effect of stress is suicide. This is very

evident especially in the agriculture sector of India, where rising prices just adds to

their existing burden of low productivity. Because of which the farmers face a lot of

stress of taking care of their families and when they are not able to, the stress over

 powers them and they give into it. This is not just the case with the people in farming

sector but also for the middle class families where there is only one person who is the

earning member of the family. Because there is only one person bearing all the

 burdens of the welfare of his/her family there is a huge amount of stress on that

 person.

Stress is a natural human response to pressure when faced with challenging andsometimes dangerous situations. That pressure is not only about what’s happening

around us, but often also about demands we place on ourselves. Experiencing stress is

 part of being alive and some stress helps increase our alertness and energy to meet

challenging situations. If stress lasts a long time or overwhelms our ability to cope, it

can have a negative affect on our health, wellbeing, relationships, work and generalenjoyment of life. Stress doesn’t have to control our lives.

Is too much stress inevitable? Fortunately, the answer is no. To tame stress, we can

learn to anticipate and recognize personal stressors— and develop skills to reduce or

manage those we cannot avoid or control. In this project we will decipher how the

changes in the prices of petrol affect the stress levels of the peopling living in the

society.