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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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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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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