Wendy Christopher of Metropol magazine speaks to Dr Derek Roger about the ever present problem of stress - at which he is an acknowledged expert.

It’s a revolutionary idea that stress is self-inflicted. It’s just there, we think. Something to be endured whenever life deals us a bad hand. But it’s not. That’s pressure. Stress is created by our reaction to those normal day-to-day events which shape our lives and create pressure. So it’s very definitely not the same as stress.

Stress is created by our reaction to pressure - and it’s something that we are able to control, if we wish a happy and longer life…

So says Dr Derek Roger, one of the world’s leading researchers on stress, and currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at Canterbury University.

Download the full article: Let’s Get a Life!