I would prefer to use "as". This is because you are comparing your own opinion about stress with other people's opinion. I would also prefer to say "a bad thing" instead of "the bad thing". However, stress isn't (always/such) a bad thing as it is often supposed (/thought) to be. http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-other-areas-as.htm http://helpguide.org/mental/anxiety_types_symptoms_treatment.htm Entries for as use [translation] definition [examples] as adverb 1. as adverb (often followed by `as') to the same degree: "they were equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; (`every bit' is informal as in "he is every bit as mean as she is") See also: equally , every bit
as conjunction 2. as conjunction 如;像; 似 (conj) in the degree, manner, etc., of or that; in the way in which.: Do it as they do.
as Coordinating conjunction 3. as Coordinating conjunction 在...的期間;當...的時候 (conj. subord) If something happens as something else happens, it happens at the same time: The play started as I got there.
as noun 4. As noun a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar See also: arsenic , atomic number 33
as phrasal preposition 5. as phrasal preposition 至於某人[某事物] (phr. prep) You use as for and as to at the beginning of a sentence in order to introduce a slightly different subject that is still connected to the previous one.: As for you, I never want to see you here again. 6. as phrasal preposition 一樣;一般 (phr.conj)You use the structure as..as when you are comparing things.: There was no obvious reason why this could not be as good a film as the original.
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7. as preposition 當作 (prep) in the role, function, or status of.: You have no choice but to act as our leader. Entries for that use [translation] definition [examples] as pronoun 1. that pronoun 用以指要表明的或要提及的事物等 used to specify a thing, an event, an idea, etc that is indicated or mentioned: Is that what you really think? 你真的那樣想嗎?
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2. that is adverb that is to say; in other words See also: i.e. , ie , id est 3. that is to say adverb as follows See also: namely , viz. , videlicet 4. that much adverb to a certain degree: "we will be that much ahead of them" http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk/ That or Which or Who? Do not use which to refer to persons. Use who instead. That, though generally used to refer to things, may be used to refer to a group or class of people. [Examples:] The player who [not that or which] made the basket at the buzzer was named MVP. The team that scores the most points in this game will win the tournament (Hacker, A Writer's Reference 136).
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