was really planned, or the last time you reached for the aspirin because you had a headache? Chances are about 10 to 1, you remember reaching for the aspirin. That tension-headache which made you snarl at the kids and grouch at your wife wasn't necessarily organic. It doesn't mean you have a brain-tumor or need to see a neurologist. Your headache, however, was a red flag. It signaled stress as your nervous system screamed, "Help! I'm overloaded. I just can't handle this."