Book excerpt: What if excess stress was not a chronic, permanent condition to be "coped with" - but instead is a specific type of neurological programming, that could be CURED? What if what you've been taught about how to handle stress was wrong and neuroscience could offer you real solutions? Stress doesn't simply cause isolated symptoms like insomnia, headaches, or the occasional worry. Living with excess stress can ruin every area of our lives like mercury does to a pond. Until now, stress and how to cure it has been misunderstood. In her debut book, internationally renowned neuropsychologist Dr. Amy Serin sets the record straight about stress. New neuroscience shows the mechanisms behind the stress switch and how it can be de-activated in ways you haven't been told. This is a stress conversation that you have never heard before. The Stress Switch asks the question - 'Who would you be without your stress?' And then gives real answers as to how to change your life for the better.