Stress affects everyone differently. But two types of emotional stress can impact the heart. Acute stress usually occurs suddenly after a traumatic event, like a car crash or an earthquake, while chronic stress builds up over time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH1_px17utk Karoshi (過労死, Karōshi), which can be translated literally as 'Overwork death' in Japanese, is occupational sudden mortality. The major medical causes of Karoshi deaths ...