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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 12:50:18 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2014 23:12:39 GMT -6
I think stress is the # 1 reason for health issues in the US. Stress is known to cause all sorts of auto immune issues. We are under stress from the time we enter school. Stress to make the honor roll every time, stress to be the best at sports, stress to perform socially, stress to be accepted in our peer groups. Then after college, stress to have the best job, stress to be the best parents, the best in everything we do Achievements are all great and wonderful, but we don't always have to be the best in all categories. Sometimes average is OK.
I worry about my daughter who works in finance. The stress is unimaginable, it's never ending.
And in recent years we have been bombarded with a different sort of stress. Economic stress, Stress of losing jobs, stress of losing homes, stress of not having money to send kids to college.
Stress is s killer.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2014 1:56:19 GMT -6
I agree but there's always been stress. You can be miles away from the nearest person...out in a barn sitting on a stool milking a cow and be stressed if that's the way you are.
Yes, stress is a killer and it's all in how we deal with it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2014 9:14:57 GMT -6
I agree but there's always been stress. You can be miles away from the nearest person...out in a barn sitting on a stool milking a cow and be stressed if that's the way you are. Yes, stress is a killer and it's all in how we deal with it. I've been blessed. I've never had any stress to speak of.. however.. tell that to the Father who has a family to support and loses his job and can't find another to pay the bills that have accumulated and his house is in foreclosure. No college for his kids, no money for professional help for stress issues. That's a lot easier said than done. And as far as 'Obamacare' goes,you have to have money for premiums and deductibles, there again where is that money coming from when you've been jobless for an extended time? Yoga and deep breathing exercises won't make the mortgage payment.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2014 2:39:30 GMT -6
Most people don't realize it but we have a third world medical system in this country. It's all about the almighty dollar. Our medical system in this country is corrupt.
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Post by tindalus on Jun 21, 2014 8:56:50 GMT -6
We do have one of the worse medical care system among industrialized nations and it id definitely one of the reasons we don't live as long as people from other countries. But it isn't the only cause.
The US glorifies workaholics instead of treating it as the illness it is. Workaholics tend to be alcoholics, highly stressed. early death, with low self esteem. etc. It is unfortunately an indictment of our society and culture that we don't support a healthy well balanced lifestyle. Time for our work, families, and spiritual lives.
Europe has the whole work life balance absolutely right. Work 40 hours a week, and that's it. Lower stress, happier lives, and higher self esteem.
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