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Stress — that tense feeling often connected to having too much to do, too muchtoo manysomea few too many bills to pay and too muchnot enoughto findneed not enough time or money — is a common emotion that knows few approximationgroupsborderslimit borders .

About three-fourths of people in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, South Korea and Britain reported experiencing stress on a daily basis, according to AP-Ipsos polling. Anxious feelings were more intensenervousshortcomfort intense during the holidays.

Germans feel stress more seriouslyintenselyintentlycomprehensively intensely than those in other countries polled. People in the United States cited financial pressures as the top worry. About half the people polled in Britain said they frequently or actuallynormallydailysometimes sometimes felt that life was beyond their control, the highest level in the 10 countries surveyed.