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I guess it makes sense, but I cannot wrap my head around how it can be a science-based assertion that stress causes shorter lives. There are so many other factors. How many were included in a group, how many were thrown as outliers?
A guy has a stressful life and never has enough time to do what needs to be done. He drives too fast and dies in a car wreck. Included?
A guy works his whole life erecting high steel and falls. Did the stressful job kill him or his nonchlaance about the stress? outlier?
I know women that have lived hand to mouth their entire lives and ended up running a farm after their husbands died. There wasn't a moment in 80 years that didn't have a cloud of worry and a list of chores and yet they go on strong.
I guess the assertion that less stress equals longer life is an intuitive conclusion.
nature shows me different. Jack pine that grows at the top reaches of the timberline can be older than trees in the valleys by hundreds of years. The berry vines I fight every spring just keep coming back to face my shovel, year after year, seemingly stronger for it. Maybe stressed rats in a lab live shorter lives than the ones left alone, but the stress is probably being shocked or frustrated by inconsistent food supply. We would be surprised if that meant a longer life. But that is not the same type of stress that affects us here, is it?
Maybe feeling like I am going to run amock if I don't choke it back makes me stronger. Maybe the people I see daily that seem to have let the burrito slide off the combo plate are going to be the winners. What difference does it make when you are living one day at a time, one traumatic memory or event at a time?
A guy has a stressful life and never has enough time to do what needs to be done. He drives too fast and dies in a car wreck. Included?
A guy works his whole life erecting high steel and falls. Did the stressful job kill him or his nonchlaance about the stress? outlier?
I know women that have lived hand to mouth their entire lives and ended up running a farm after their husbands died. There wasn't a moment in 80 years that didn't have a cloud of worry and a list of chores and yet they go on strong.
I guess the assertion that less stress equals longer life is an intuitive conclusion.
nature shows me different. Jack pine that grows at the top reaches of the timberline can be older than trees in the valleys by hundreds of years. The berry vines I fight every spring just keep coming back to face my shovel, year after year, seemingly stronger for it. Maybe stressed rats in a lab live shorter lives than the ones left alone, but the stress is probably being shocked or frustrated by inconsistent food supply. We would be surprised if that meant a longer life. But that is not the same type of stress that affects us here, is it?
Maybe feeling like I am going to run amock if I don't choke it back makes me stronger. Maybe the people I see daily that seem to have let the burrito slide off the combo plate are going to be the winners. What difference does it make when you are living one day at a time, one traumatic memory or event at a time?