But I don't. That's when my anxieties glow like they are radioactive, and my panic buttons start pushing themselves automatically, and my defenses come up and start looking around for what needs shooting or shouting down... Under stress I get stupid and reactive. How do you react to stress? How do our two Candidates handle it? They are both under a deal of stress now, as the campaign season approaches decision. It is nothing near the stress they'll be under in the Oval Office, in crisis. Sign in to see full entry.