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Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you weren't asleep.

What’s so funny about this? Today’s joke comes from a bumper sticker. Rather than advertising a resort or proclaiming loyalty to a religion or political candidate, some bumper stickers actually have funny stuff written on them. This one’s a kind of one-liner a stand-up comic might say. Stress has become an important topic in our society. Health professionals are concerned because so many people are working so hard just to make a living that stress levels are up throughout our society. Higher stress leads to heart attacks and other illnesses that can cause people to have to quit their jobs and perhaps be hospitalized. Of course there are even cases where people are so anxious about their stress levels that the anxiety raises their stress. But let’s look at the joke. Nightmares can be extremely stressful. So it’s not enough that your boss has yelled at you and that your partner is breaking up with you. Sometimes yo