In a world where stress lurks in every email, traffic jam, and passive-aggressive text, this book hands you the keys to your own neural liberation. Drawing from cutting-edge research and the gritty pragmatism of a stand-up philosopher, it guides you through an 8-step journey to reclaim your sanity:

1. Know Your Triggers: Unmask the hidden saboteurs in your daily life (spoiler: Karen from HR is *not* the real villain).

2. Master Acceptance: Learn to bend like a willow, not snap like a twig, when life hurls lemons (or flaming dumpsters).

3. Plan Like a General: Build a mental "go bag" for chaos, complete with pre-scripted comebacks and emergency playlists.

4. Set Boundaries Without Guilt: Say "no" like it's a love letter to your future self.

5. Breathe Like a Spy: Hack your vagus nerve with breathwork tactics even Jason Bourne would envy.

6. Detach Like a Zen Outlaw: Ghost stress like a bad Tinder date and reclaim your mental real estate.

7. Laugh Like a Mad Scientist: Weaponize humor to defang dread and rewire your brain's panic button.

8. Synthesize Your Sanity: Conduct your chaos like a maestro, blending tools into a symphony of resilience.

Packed with actionable worksheets ("Is This a Tiger or Just a Group Chat?"), quirky illustrations (*The Power of Doing Only One Thing*), and meditations for the skeptically inclined, Stress Decoded doesn't promise nirvana. It promises something better: Agency.