HIGHWAY HEALTH
• • • By Mick Severin • • •
HIGHWAY HEALTH
Get Angry & Do Great Things
THERE HAVE BEEN interesting studies done on the effects of stress. Stress can reveal itself in forms of anger, fear or depression. We’ re certainly all aware stress can lead to all types of health maladies such as heart disease, obesity, cancer and a multitude of psychological issues.
Interestingly, some individuals do their best when they perform under duress. So that would lead to the question why. Why would stress benefit some and be so detrimental to others?
Let’ s start with this: everyone has stress in their lives. We all get stressed out because of real or imagined demands made upon us because of health, work, family, love, performance, money or the lack of and numerous other little things that creep into our daily chore of trying to stay alive and have some“ creature comforts.”
We all handle stress differently. Some head to church and ask for the Lord’ s help, others turn to therapists or doctors for explanations and / or pills. Others keep the stress“ inside” and as the
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