Margaret says

Many people, once they discover they are very stressed and are unable to go on, consult their family doctor, who may prescribe drugs. People take such drugs thinking they are a magic panacea, but often they find the drugs render them quite ineffectual in their lives or do not have the desired effect. This may be because the drugs suppress the emotions that need to come out.

For stress to be managed, and for us to be able to control the amount of stress that we can deal with in our life, we need to find balance. We need relaxation, and we need a personal retreat to get away from the world. We also need to realise some fundamental truths about ourselves.  Because, in addition to physical relaxation, which is very useful, you also need mental relaxation. Most people need specific instruction in both if they are to relax effectively.

How you think about something determines how you will feel about it and how strong those feelings or emotions will be. If you have been feeling bad for a long time, it is usually the result of how you have been thinking. If these emotions are unreasonably strong and last for a long time, it will be because your thinking has been unreasonable. The way to make your emotions more acceptable is to make your thinking more acceptable.