They're trying to cope with the overwhelming stress in their lives.

At one point he had requested to be relieved but was persuaded to stay, which eventually led to overwhelming stress shortly before his suicide.

Prolonged isolation, sleep deprivation, painful body positions and punitive control over life's most intimate functions produced overwhelming stress in these prisoners.

Occasionally, sudden overwhelming stress can trigger a heart attack.

Her job, which was already fraught with tension, had now also become one of almost overwhelming stress and strain.

Severe abuse was viewed by Baldwin as an outcome of overwhelming stress in families profoundly disabled by illness, personality disorder, inadequacy or incompetence.

Physical problems are one way both children and adults respond to overwhelming stress.

Convinced Snake's chemotherapy had failed, Emma buckled under the overwhelming stress.

This is caused by overwhelming stress.

But under certain overwhelming, particular stresses, it or a part of it will leave an intolerable situation.