Stressed out? Under relentless pressure? Run down? You may be one of a third of Americans currently living with extreme stress. One in five Germans experiences stress on a regular basis. 60% of China s white-collar workers admit to suffering stress-related issues, and workplace stress costs the Australian economy $14.2 billion dollars annually. Stress has reached global pandemic levels, linked to a large range of non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, ulcers, depression, and abdominal obesity. But stress can be ...
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Stressed out? Under relentless pressure? Run down? You may be one of a third of Americans currently living with extreme stress. One in five Germans experiences stress on a regular basis. 60% of China s white-collar workers admit to suffering stress-related issues, and workplace stress costs the Australian economy $14.2 billion dollars annually. Stress has reached global pandemic levels, linked to a large range of non-communicable diseases such as heart disease, ulcers, depression, and abdominal obesity. But stress can be good too. It helps us navigate an unpredictable world and determine which new experiences are good, bad, or dangerous. It also primes us to respond to similar situations in the future. The key with stress is to strike a healthy balancegetting enough at the right moments, but not too much overall. If the prospect of following that advice makes you tense up, take a deep breath: this book can help. The Science of Stress is an introduction to the current scientific understanding of stress the good, the bad, and the unknown. And with the knowledge of what is actually at work in our minds, metabolic system, and our guts, readers will learn how to adapt to stress, reduce it where possible, and channel it effectively to take advantage of its evolutionary origins. "
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