It’s How You Respond to Stress That Matters
04 Dec 2023
There’s a story about a drunk who throws insults but is too inebriated to fight. Nothing happens to you if you ignore the person. But if you prepare to fight, you discharge hormones that increase heart rate and blood pressure, and the nervous system becomes on high alert. If you have coronary heart disease, you may suffer a fatal attack. Who then is the murderer? The drunk who never laid a hand on you? Or did you commit biological suicide? The moral of the story is that if you have poor cardio health, then you should think hard about how you react to stress.
