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Why Zebras Don't Have Heart Attacks. The Psychology of Stress

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Why Zebras Don't Have Heart Attacks. The Psychology of Stress
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It turns out that evolutionarily, humans are predisposed to react and avoid threats like zebras do. We are supposed to relax most of the day and only run around like crazy when danger approaches. A zebra has an acute stress response (physical threats) from time to time. In contrast, our chronic stress response (psychological threats) rarely reaches zebra-like levels, but it never goes away. Zebras die quickly when they fall into the clutches of predators. Humans die more slowly: from coronary heart disease, cancer, and other diseases arising from chronic stress reactions. But when stress is predictable and you can control your reaction to it, it no longer has as much influence on the development of disease. One of the most authoritative and world-renowned books on the psychology and physiology of stress.
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