Robert Sapolsky Quotes

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 believe that stress is a factor in any bad health.

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.

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.

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

The number one root of all illness, as we know, is stress.

The feeling of insecurity is inimical to our sense of wellbeing, as it causes anxiety and stress, which harms our physical and mental health. It is no surprise then that, according to some surveys, workers across the world value job security more highly than wages.

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.

Once I got cancer of the tongue and throat, I realised that stress is a killer and I had to try and get stress out of my life.

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.

I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker.

Man needs difficulties. They are necessary for health.

Chronic emotional stress shortens your telomeres.

At its worst, there's just virtually no organ system in your body that's not thrown out of kilter in some way by chronic psychological stress.

It's a profound privilege to die from stress related diseases. It is the elimination of other causes of death such as infectious disease which is responsible for bringing lifestyle diseases to the fore - and these are exquisitely sensitive to stress.

When we are busy with the everyday bhag-daud, one fine day a health scare just stops it all.

More people worry themselves to death than bleed to death.

Worry destroys the ability to write. Ill health is bad in the ratio that it produces worry which attacks your subconscious and destroys your reserves.

Hard work never killed a man. Men die of boredom, psychological conflict, and disease. They do not die of hard work.

Much of modern life is preventable chronic stress injury.

The biggest killer on the planet is stress and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.

If I'm not doing the work I want, I usually suffer a psychological allergic reaction and get ill. It niggles when things get out of my control.

Worry, whatever its source, weakens, takes away courage, and shortens life.

Worrying about things beyond your control is a pretty good formula for illness.

I think stress is anything going on in our lives that impinges on our capacity to have optimum well being.