Stress Is Weathering Our Bodies From the Inside Out

When we are highly stressed, the emotional brain gets aroused, which in turn stimulates the thinking brain to work harder to resolve our concerns. We create a vicious cycle where the baseline brain activity is geared to a higher than normal level, with increasing vigilance, fear, stress, and anxiety. Over time this extra effort depletes our energy,

Most people think of stress in terms of hating their job, worrying about money, or feeling out of control. That last one is closest to the truth; stress is defined as a perceived threat to your physical or social safety. The “chronic” part just means it’s ongoing or prolonged, instead of acute (short term). Need an example?

So when you have an argument with a coworker, run to catch your subway only to be left on the platform as it screeches away, or get frightened by the air horn of an eighteen-wheeler as it lurches alongside you in traffic, the same domino effect begins in your body. When you have multiple stressful stimuli back to back, your body’s response can crea

all such existential enlargements brought by living long are under threat from the lessening of strength and stamina. However well compensated for by intelligent coping mechanisms, small or large breakdowns in one bit of the body or another begin to restrict activity, while the memory is dealing with overload and slippage. Existence in old age is p