Conquering Stress

As I am writing this, I have my midterms to study for and labs to prepare for, I imagine that a lot of students are feeling stress and are not sleeping well (if at all). However I don't seem to feel that same level of stress as many other students do. I could probably be doing better in one or two of my classes, but I don't feel like my world is crumbling around me just because I don't have a book open at the moment. I do feel a certain amount of stress, but nothing that would force me to stay up all night to study for a test.
Stress is nothing more than chemical and electrical signals interpreted by your brain. Therefore it is reasonable to say that stress can be controlled if you change the way you think, and how you respond to that stimulus. I believe fear can be conquered in the same way. I have a spoke to someone earlier who does relatively dangerous work on a day-to-day basis. He told me that he doesn't push fear out of his mind, instead he embraces it and lets the adrenalin help him do his job. Anybody will tell you that stress is a very good motivator, however it's side effects on one's health means that it's not a very good performance enhancer. Regardless of what it's side effects are, everybody feels stress, and I do mean everybody, from the five year-old to the 80 year-old.
Instead of trying to lie in order to convince yourself in believing that stress doesn't effect you, embrace the stress and allow it to motivate you into doing your job or to finish that last project.