Stress-reliever Champion Pillows

"Good martini. My job's pressure cooker and this is my quick release valve."

A female patient in an exam room sees a sign that reads, 'Break glass in case of physician burnout'

'Take two tablets the moment you begin to feel indispensable.'

Three gates of hell: marriage counseling, investments, company meetings

Areas of the Body Where Stress Can Manifest

'Yes, as a matter of fact, you have caught me at a bad time.'

'Say, our stress control seminar worked! Our sales are way down...but so what if they are.'

A man is in an office, behind him is a glass box containing a glass and a bottle, there is a sign saying 'in case of emergency'

"Pillows for sleeping on are downstairs. These are all for screaming into."

'You obviously took my suggestion to reduce stress to the extreme.'

Took On Too Much

"Our therapist couple be so proud of us now."

'I call it laziness - He calls it stress management.'

'Maybe we did pile too much work on his desk.'

"If you're not on the brink of despair you're part of the problem"

"My client greatly regrets the incident with the carving knife. However, in her defense, 14 people were coming for Thanksgiving and her husband, who had just one job to do, bought only 8 rolls."

'While you were out I replaced you.'

'You've become run down from working too much. Try sneezing on your boss.'

Business cartoon showing a stressed business woman who has three urgent messages on her office door.

"If you work real hard and are willing to put in the hours, the sky's the limit."

'He struggles with having to do his own marketing.'

Doctor sleeps in a patients bed.

In the Fever Cubicle

"Make it quick—I only have a minute."

Tom Bagley's Outer Shell.

'Word has it that you have an ulcer, Tomkins. Nice going! You'll find an extra 20 bucks in your paycheck.'

Board Meeting

Costs and Blood Pressure

'Dealing with Stress, Cooking for Forty and Nightmare Families. Christmas reading?'

Neverending Task.

'My life is around here somewhere.'

'You must adopt a healthy lifestyle to work here because you'll have to sweat a lot of blood.'

Falling profits.

'I'm push come to shove. . .'

"He went to an alternative therapy seminar to find ways of reducing his stress levels..."