Although most people are richer than in the past, modern life seems very stressful, and the number of people suffering from stress is at record levels. What are the main causes of stress in modern life, and how could stress be reduced?

Nowadays,

life

is becoming more complex and stressful. Despite the fact that

people

are more prosperous than they used to be years ago, not only has the level of

stress

not been reduced, but

also

it has increased significantly. I am going to examine the reasons for the origin of

stress

and ways to fight it. First of all, a key factor of a stressful

life

is overpopulation in cities and towns, especially in megapolises. The main feature of the

last

century is urbanization, which has led to thousands of

people

moving to cities. Unfortunately, the pace at which towns are modernised and developed can be lower than the pace at which the population grows.

Therefore

public transport

such

as metro, trams and buses are usually overcrowded, causing annoyance among

people

. Other problems are heavy traffic and extremely high renting costs that make

people

's

life

much harder and depressing. In my opinion,

this

problem can be solved only with the support of the government, which should finance the development of infrastructure and give incentives for house purchases.

Secondly

, an overload of information is another cause of

stress

these days.

Due to

the

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almost everyone can access the internet, where all kinds of news are available. The major problem is that the more information we get the harder for us to filter distorted facts.

For instance

, there are millions of media chats and groups

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Telegram, VK, and even Instagram. Some of the news can be frightening and depressing resulting in higher levels of

stress

. To tackle

this

issue it is important to unsubscribe chats or leave groups with news in order to reduce the amount of information we get every day.

Finally

,

people

have forgotten about the balance of work and

life

. The majority of the population works at least nine hours a day from five to six, which takes approximately one-third of the daytime.

As a result

,

people

just do not have enough time for their hobbies or family. Personally, I think that meditation can become a solution.

For example

, a person can listen to relaxing music or mantras

while

commuting.

To sum up

,

life

has a habit of becoming harder every day. In spite of the fact that

people

's incomes grow,

stress

does not go away

due to

different factors.

However

, there are lots of ways to decrease

stress

and nervousness.