Robert Sapolsky Quotes

There's a terrible price to pay for stress in your life - it really takes a hit on your heart.

Whenever we feel stressed out, that's a signal that our brain is pumping out stress hormones. If sustained over months and years, those hormones can ruin our health and make us a nervous wreck.

Basically, my problem was attributed to stress more than anything. I don't know what that does and I guess doctors can tell you that there's chemicals that build up in your system when you go through a lot of stress and constant stress.

Chronic emotional stress shortens your telomeres.

I believe that stress is a factor in any bad health.

It's not just being overweight that's dangerous. Stress is dangerous.

This is a very stressful profession. Not just coaching, but head coaching at this level with all of the variables that you have on your mind 24/7, it does take a toll on your health and you have to be very cognizant about what's going on with your body and listen to your body and make sure that you take care of your body.

If you turn on the stress response chronically for purely psychological reasons, you increase your risk of adult-onset diabetes and high blood pressure.

Stress and looks are directly connected as far as I am concerned. If you are happy, you look good.

We all know that being able to express deep emotion can literally save a person's life, and suppressing emotion can kill you both spiritually and physically.

If you don't think your anxiety, depression, sadness and stress impact your physical health, think again. All of these emotions trigger chemical reactions in your body, which can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days.

The state of your psyche is reflected in your body.

I think of stress as the creator of cancer and heart attacks, like a tiny little ball you feed. I believe that one of the reasons I've never got ill is that I'm not stressed.

I'm the kind of person, if, if I have a day that is nerve-wracking, or my week has been bad or something's going down, I won't eat. Some people eat, I don't eat. And it shows in my physical frame.

Your body is a vehicle of your emotions and a vehicle of feelings and a vehicle of whatever you need to get done in life. And you've got to take care of that vehicle.

The more you worry, the more you throw off the delicate balance of hormones required for health.

Putting good energy into your body and raising your serotonin will lead to a positive mood, exuding a more attractive glow.

You do burn out, going from job to job. You have to be careful of your mental health and your body.

Well, much of my research over the years has been on stress, and the adverse effects of stress on the health of the central nervous system. All things considered, I've been astonishingly unhelped by my own research.

A troubled marriage can be as hazardous to physical health as cigarette smoking.

Ignoring the needs of your body, both physically and mentally, could be very harmful later on.

Go get yourself stressed all the time and the common cold becomes more common.

Stress is extremely harmful to the body. Even mainstream medicine is recognizing how many diseases stress causes.

The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up.

Much of modern life is preventable chronic stress injury.