But, the first stretch of your much anticipated retirement is likely to be one of the most stressful events of your life.

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This may be why more than 40% of adults say they lie awake at night plagued by the stressful events of the day.

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For me these were stressful events, starting with the cab ride to an East Side steakhouse, though in fact any time spent with my father was stressful.

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In fact, according to the Holmes and Rahe stress scale, divorce ranks as one of the most stressful events that can occur during one's life, second only to the death of a spouse.

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The difficulty for doctors is there is no consistency in how people respond to stressful life events.

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And while there are probably several origins, one of the triggers may be, alarmingly, something many of us experience: Stressful life events.

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The majority of a sporting events are not like this, not so stressful and mind-rattling and consequential you have to be special and lucky to even encounter stakes like the ones Scott and Cabrera were facing.

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