I was working at a very demanding and stressful organization in 2014. While working at that place, I remember I hardly had my weekends to myself because of one training or the other they would always organize for staff.

At one of the trainings I attended, a video was played for us and the video was talking about stress. In the video we were told that stress is primarily a thing of the mind. I will never ever forget that line because ever since I heard that part in the video, I always wanted to set my mind not to feel stressed at work and act at my full capacity but it wasn't just working and I even started feeling like I had a problem of how to properly discipline myself.

You see, I just read your post (although I'm aware that the angle your taking on your post about stress is kinda different from the angle I'm coming from) and all that just came into my mind was that video and how stupid I might have been then trying to fight something that is just natural and normal for all human to feel.

I don't blame them for playing the video for us and trying to brain wash us into believing that trash (cos that's how I see it right now). They are capitalist and that's what capitalist do. They'll make you work, work and work, till you can work no more and then, their business would still remain when you have gotten to a point where you can work no more.