Time magazine article

Melisande · #1 01-29-2007, 10:45 AM

This is an article from this week's Time. The whole issue is about the brain, but this particular article is on stress. Of course, they like to study parents of kids with disabilities because of the ongoing stresses in our lives. What I found most interesting, and disconcerting, is how powerful this ongoing stress is to our neurochemistry. Something to keep in mind. Happy reading!

Time Magazine - 6 lessons for handling stress

bdarling · #2 01-29-2007, 10:56 AM

Well, this must be why I look like CRAP!! Interesting article, though.

- betty

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Quote[/b] ]SCIENTISTS HAVE LONG SUSPECTED THAT unremitting stress does damage to the immune system, but they weren't sure how. Then two years ago, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, looked at white blood cells from a group of mothers whose children suffered from chronic disorders like autism or cerebral palsy. The investigators found clear signs of accelerated aging in those study subjects who had cared the longest for children with disabilities or who reported the least control over their lives.

JWorthington · #3 01-29-2007, 12:12 PM

That's why I look so old! I'm really only 22!

xJx

Alethia · #4 01-30-2007, 07:03 PM

Lots of stuff I didn't know in that detail, but none of it really surprises me. I have aged a lot since having kids - more grey hairs, looser skin in general. I think I stay on top of the stress most of the time, though I do find my responses to life's ups and downs are dulled compared with how I used to be. I generally feel less alive and sharp. Does anyone else feel this way? That in order to cope with the rollercoaster, you've got used to squashing down what should be heightened emotional responses?

Love,

Kate
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