Did you say stress?  Now in this day and age what possible reason could there be for anyone to be stressed?  Jobs are unstable, gas prices are going up but your wages aren't, your kids are rebelling, the cost of food is through the roof, interest rates have reached an all time high, the weather sucks almost everywhere and you don't know if you will have a job in the future.  So where's the stress factor? Pick one! I, for one choose to ignore what is going on around me. I can't handle the stress.  I let others stress out.  I listen to my friends complain and cry about the problems in their life so that I don't have to think about my own. I get stressed just thinking about what I am going to make for dinner, so obviously I can't handle the bigger things!  In all seriousness, though, people do have plenty to stress about.  Maybe that's why so many are on medication.  It's the only way some people can get through a day. The economy is getting steadily worse, and the future doesn't look as rosy as it once did. If you are raising a family you worry about their future, also.  What will things be like 5 or 10 years from now? Frankly, I don't see anything getting better anytime soon, so I guess we will just be a nation of stressed out individuals taking meds just to be able to cope with the pressures of getting by one day at a time. Well, now that I've gone on and on about stress, my stress level is up, so if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take a pill.