I got a depression quiz in a health updates newsletter and according to it I have chronic depression (no, really?). So I thought, let me find a stress quiz...over 20 points and you're stressed and need to find some stress management techniques (out of about 35-40 symptoms)...my score was around 120!!! Yikes!!! Then, I found one of those that have the "life changes" in the past 2 years...300 and over is "high susceptibility to stress-related illnesses"....yeah, I got 653!!!
Then, I found this quote on one of the sites I was searching..."Stress was vital to survival once an innate response to danger. Civilization, gives you the opportunity to experience an adrenaline rush at every traffic light. And, since all you're doing is sitting in your car the elaborate preparations your body makes are wasted. Worse than wasted: every heartbeat at elevated blood pressure takes its toll on the arteries. The excess fats and glucose don't get metabolized right away, so they stay in the bloodstream. The fats contribute to the plaques that form inside blood vessels, which can lead to heart disease or strokes; high levels of glucose are a step in the direction of diabetes."
I can't be going down a good path health-wise!!!
Oh yeah, I've gotten 7 hours of sleep in the past two nights, that's good for me, right?!? LOL
