We live in a society that encourages hyper-productivity and multitasking, where it’s easy to believe that if you’re not stressed, you’re not doing enough. We tend to regard self-care and managing stress as luxuries reserved for the wealthy or signs of laziness. And yet, the science shows us that managing your stress is key to living a long and healthy life and to maintaining healthy and nurturing relationships with those you love. Stress is more than unpleasant. It causes a host of health problems and makes you more prone to accidents and bad behavior. Stress can kill you.
Stress Shrinks Your Brain
A Yale study, published in Biological Psychiatry in 2012, found that stressful events can reduce the grey matter in parts of the brain tied to emotion and physiological function, and that subjects who reported experiencing a traumatic stressful event also had less grey matter in areas of the brain that regulate glucose levels, blood pressure, self-control and emotions.
Stress Derails Your Immune System
There have been numerous studies of the effects of stress on the immune system and the results are frightening. Stress slows wound healing, decreases your ability to fight off infections, including colds and other illnesses, and it interferes with your ability to fight off cancer.
Stress and Accidents
Stress can impair your attention and concentration. It can cause sleep disorders. IT can impair your clarity of mind, judgment, and decision making. Any one of these can make accidents more likely.
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