The Shorthand of Stress
It seems to me that we could do worse than take some time to consider in a little more detail what has become a rather overused word - stress. How often do we hear that somebody is ‘a bit stressed’? So often, I suggest, that we take for granted what they mean by it and that the person giving the answer expects us to. In this respect, the word and, by implication, the concept, has come to be accepted and used as a kind of shorthand. What if we were to follow up with a further,
