Well it’s true you do feel perpetually under pressure, and maybe behind in that there’s always far more you could do than hours in the day. (This only finally ended when I sold my first business.) So that is a level of stress, though not necessarily a very high level. Hence ‘pressure’ is perhaps the better term.
But failing is a different, far worse experience.
This is speaking from my own case. No doubt, as you mention, some people experience unwarranted anxiety/depression even when succeeding.
Well it’s true you do feel perpetually under pressure, and maybe behind in that there’s always far more you could do than hours in the day. (This only finally ended when I sold my first business.) So that is a level of stress, though not necessarily a very high level. Hence ‘pressure’ is perhaps the better term.
But failing is a different, far worse experience.
This is speaking from my own case. No doubt, as you mention, some people experience unwarranted anxiety/depression even when succeeding.