My opinion is your way of handling stress can have alot to do with the environment you grow up in. My household for the most part was peaceful...when stuff did come up, like a family member dying, my parents were calm and took care of business, then did their emotional stuff in private. Even when our house caught on fire when I wa s 9 no one was sprinting for the front door...we just all got up and got our dogs and walked out.
For me personally I experience frustration more than "stress". For example when other administrative people call in sick at my office I am stuck doing their work. When I am out sick or on vacation no one does my work so I come back to a big pile of crap to work on. Other people call in for a runny nose or a stubbed tow, whereas I wait til I am on the brink of death before I call in. It's just an irritant when others look for anyway out of doing what needs to be done.
Oh yeah and my other favorite thing is realizing how inept or lazy people can be. I get at least 5 dumb emails a day to the effect of: "The stapler in the copy room is jammed, can you unjam it?" or "The adjustment lever on my chair isn't working, can you come look at it soon? I really need to get my work done and can't do it with my chair sitting this high (or low)".
Ok I am done now
