The Types Of Stress That Kill Us
by Chazz Azz
I was watching a program the other night and it explained how stress kills.
The doctor in the program had studied baboons for 30 years and found some
very interesting facts. Before I continue, the doctor explained that baboons
are very similar to human beings when it comes to stress. The study included
blood samples and tagging so an ongoing accurate study could be attained.
The short hand version is this: stress produces cortisol and adrenaline which
make us able to fight or flight (run away.) The study showed that weaker,
less dominant members of the baboon community displayed erratic behavior
after time from being harassed and assaulted and having no place to go,
basically having to deal with the stress everyday. They also attacked the females
for no reason many times and many participated in this behavior.
They were smaller and neurotic..
On the other hand, the dominant males also had a serious problem that all
shared in most cases. They were bigger and had the females at will but,
they died earlier than the submissive males they harassed because they were
always stressed and never let their guard down for the fear of loosing their position in the community.
The doctor concluded by saying,
"The type of stress we experience in this type of world and its' pressures are the worst kind
because we are never able to stop stressing"
Worry is a killer and so is uncertainty.
The doctor in the program had studied baboons for 30 years and found some
very interesting facts. Before I continue, the doctor explained that baboons
are very similar to human beings when it comes to stress. The study included
blood samples and tagging so an ongoing accurate study could be attained.
The short hand version is this: stress produces cortisol and adrenaline which
make us able to fight or flight (run away.) The study showed that weaker,
less dominant members of the baboon community displayed erratic behavior
after time from being harassed and assaulted and having no place to go,
basically having to deal with the stress everyday. They also attacked the females
for no reason many times and many participated in this behavior.
They were smaller and neurotic..
On the other hand, the dominant males also had a serious problem that all
shared in most cases. They were bigger and had the females at will but,
they died earlier than the submissive males they harassed because they were
always stressed and never let their guard down for the fear of loosing their position in the community.
The doctor concluded by saying,
"The type of stress we experience in this type of world and its' pressures are the worst kind
because we are never able to stop stressing"
Worry is a killer and so is uncertainty.