For all the wonders brought by the twenty-first century, there is a price to be paid: the stress. While sometimes beneficial, long-term stress is potentially extremely harmful for an individual. What is even worse, its real causes aren't often clear and easy to find. Let's take a look at the most important stress causes.

The most common trigger for stress is weariness. If you don't get enough sleep or if your sleeping conditions are inadequate, you will likely become more easily irritated and will encounter problems even during the simplest tasks. Weariness is doubly dangerous as it is a perpetuum mobile - the more you are tired, the more problems you have and this will make you even more weary.

Then, there are problems related to one's work. They may include long hours at work with no apparent effects, problems with one's boss or traffic jams. Especially if you start experiencing road rage and yell at other drivers because you feel you are going to be late, this is a definite sign of getting stressed because of work.

Of course, a job can cause even more problems if one hasn't got one. In case of getting sacked, the typical result is getting depressed or anxious - and if they don't do anything with that quickly, the stress-induced problems will quickly follow.

Another thing is money. Having problems with one's family budget is actually asking stress to come by. Being worried about one's bills and/or having not enough money will quickly make people depressed and cause problems with relationship with other people, especially at home. Sometimes this may even lead to a divorce or separation.

The last common cause of stress is having problems with one's family or at least with one of the family members. The only way get rid of it is confrontation: meet the source of your problems and talk everything out. This can take some time and be extremely painful short-term, but it is the only way of freeing yourself of this powerful stress-inducer.