stress - procrastination

stress? what can you say about stress?
when you have so many things to do in so little time, you tend to feel tensed ...
why? because of procrastination. so why procrastinate?
we humans tend to have the attitude of 'if it's not due tomorrow, i still have time to do it the next day '..
but when the time comes, you panic and produce a low quality assignment..
I have seen most of my friends who experience stress. however, some of them work best in stress situations some don't. I don't think I am someone who works well in stressful situations, in fact I hate procrastinating.
I feel pressured if my work is due tomorrow and I am working on it today.
I just wonder, how people can handle stress so well? or how do people live with stress?
personally, i refuse to acknowledge myself as a stressful person because I don't show any symptoms of stress or I generally don't have stress. I could be oblivious to the fact or my mind is just telling me not to register any stress related symptoms. anyway, I really hope my close friends don't feel really stressed out as exams are around the corner.. because when they are stressed, they tend to worry me.
hope for a Stress free week! :)