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#1: Stress

Minding the Brain

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Is Stress a Threat to Your Health?

We have a high immune system in the short term. A little bit longer term, we have a weak immune system and then after the stressors are completely gone, we return to normal. It is complicated. So that we've evolved for animals, I guess, this is across many animals I imagine, right? Yes, yes. You know, I feel like we're in a very... the North American culture, the Canadians and the Americans, we're very achievement oriented and there's kind of a status in being super busy. And people can really fall prey to that subjective appraisal of their own stress, right?

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