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Post by stormshadow on Jan 3, 2022 13:53:32 GMT
dnyuz.com/2022/01/03/stress-may-be-your-hearts-worst-enemy/I do believe this. Most of the centenarians you hear about have relatively peaceful lives However I think it is mental and emotional stress that is worse than physical stress. Example, they said the guy should not lift 30 pounds. Maybe not right away , but I have heard about many people with heart issues who do successfully build themselves up
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Post by pierinifitness on Jan 3, 2022 13:57:58 GMT
Agree with possibly chronic anger being a close second or maybe first.
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Post by brothersteve on Jan 3, 2022 14:21:48 GMT
Yes, stress is a killer for sure. It can be controlled, but it's tough. Meditation techniques do work. Personality is an issue as those high strung, need to do it my way and NOW, types are at most risk. I sometimes suffer from it as well. COVID plandemic has made me more stressed.
Stress comes in many forms. I know plenty of old folks who are/were bitter, mad, angry, and spiteful (for whatever reason) and live(d) long lives but suffered ailments. At work, several decades ago, we had an old, crusty, stubborn argumentative long-time client. People who knew him all said "He lives to throw people out of his office.", which was true. Just the way he was. He had a hand in running his business until in his early 90's. He talked like Mr. Potter from 'It's a Wonderful Life'. He disagreed with whatever you said. "Nice day out today." "What's nice about it, I saw clouds - it's going to rain!" You know the type.
Perception is reality. If you believe it to be stressful, it will be.
The Atlas course has some good ways to deal with it. It's on the manuals site of this board. Can be tough to master, but does work. Don't fret what you can't control and roll with the punches.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2022 15:25:22 GMT
I was having blood pressure problems last year. A stressful email at work would see the systolic reading jump by 20 to 25 points within seconds. So I definitely think stress is bad when it is constant, which mine had been with work.
I’d love a lower stress job.
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Post by pierinifitness on Jan 3, 2022 15:33:21 GMT
I was having blood pressure problems last year. A stressful email at work would see the systolic reading jump by 20 to 25 points within seconds. So I definitely think stress is bad when it is constant, which mine had been with work. I’d love a lower stress job. Whiffet, sorry to learn of your plight. What makes it stressful? Do you work in a toxic work environment? My experience is that if the boss is toxic, it permeates down the ladder. If it's unreasonable clients and the boss tolerates it, then the boss is the problem. Do you enjoy your work? If so, the obvious suggestion is change employer or, better yet, go self-employed which unfortunately isn't for everyone. The good news is that for many people, age results in stress being processed differently. That was my case. The things that rattled my cage as a younger professional didn't cause me to blink my eye as I got older and wiser. But, I was self-employed for 40 years and if I didn't like something in a client's behavior, I fired them; it felt good. Even as an older turd professional, there was a different type of stress that was seasonal-related. I went through a 4-month period every year of working an ungodly number of hours, having 25 to 30 and maybe more of work in process assignments being juggled at one time. I would tell clients that it felt like being a circus clown on a 6-foot unicycle juggling bowling balls. Not everyone could handle such stress but I seemed to do OK. Thank goodness for exercise to blow off steam. I had many days where I could hardly wait for lunch hour where I'd go to the park and do a kick-ass workout. Always felt better afterwards. Then there's the stress related to professional liability. You know, giving the wrong advice or making a mistake having high-risk financial consequences. I know you must have stress like this. It's not for the weak of heart. Hope you solve your stress riddle in the new year.
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Post by billfish on Jan 3, 2022 16:03:58 GMT
This may help:
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2022 16:47:42 GMT
I was having blood pressure problems last year. A stressful email at work would see the systolic reading jump by 20 to 25 points within seconds. So I definitely think stress is bad when it is constant, which mine had been with work. I’d love a lower stress job. Whiffet, sorry to learn of your plight. What makes it stressful? Do you work in a toxic work environment? My experience is that if the boss is toxic, it permeates down the ladder. If it's unreasonable clients and the boss tolerates it, then the boss is the problem. Do you enjoy your work? If so, the obvious suggestion is change employer or, better yet, go self-employed which unfortunately isn't for everyone. The good news is that for many people, age results in stress being processed differently. That was my case. The things that rattled my cage as a younger professional didn't cause me to blink my eye as I got older and wiser. But, I was self-employed for 40 years and if I didn't like something in a client's behavior, I fired them; it felt good. Even as an older turd professional, there was a different type of stress that was seasonal-related. I went through a 4-month period every year of working an ungodly number of hours, having 25 to 30 and maybe more of work in process assignments being juggled at one time. I would tell clients that it felt like being a circus clown on a 6-foot unicycle juggling bowling balls. Not everyone could handle such stress but I seemed to do OK. Thank goodness for exercise to blow off steam. I had many days where I could hardly wait for lunch hour where I'd go to the park and do a kick-ass workout. Always felt better afterwards. Then there's the stress related to professional liability. You know, giving the wrong advice or making a mistake having high-risk financial consequences. I know you must have stress like this. It's not for the weak of heart. Hope you solve your stress riddle in the new year. It’s inherently stressful being a lawyer. The constant worry of getting sued is constantly there and it is a big worry. Owing to covid, the government here brought in tax breaks for purchasing property last year. This made my work particularly busy. We had some toxic clients, and I do feel unable to deal with toxic clients as robustly as I would like because I fear getting into trouble. So that creates a lot of stress as I don’t like taking nonsense and abuse from difficult clients and would rather stand up to them. Whereas my boss would rather appease them. In other ways I’m lucky as many lawyers in my line of work are doing very long hours. I am at least able to stick to 9-5pm. Ultimately it isn’t a fun a job.
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Post by billfish on Jan 3, 2022 16:52:08 GMT
I’d love a lower stress job. Maybe you should look into one You used to come on here always laughing and joking and loved surfing and being a ladies man Now, it seems like the stress has taken the fun out of your life Maybe it's time for a change I worked in the firehouse with a guy who had been a successful Wall St stockbroker He wasn't happy in his stressful job, despite the salary and perks and became a fireman....said it was the best move of his life He loved the job and was a good fireman and a happy man, a pleasure to work with From my own experience, I was an oil refinery roustabout in CA but had an interest in becoming a FDNY fireman, I applied to take the test but the test date was on a day when I was scheduled to work and I couldn't get the time off....there was no way I was going to be able to take the test so I resigned and my wife and I sold off most of our furnishings and packed what we could into our car and drove back to NYC where I took and did well on the written test and eventually got on the job It was a real gamble and we really struggled until I got on the fire department....but it was worth it I loved my job, it never felt like work and I always looked forward to going into work at the firehouse Something to think about Life is short, do what's best for you and be happy All the best
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2022 18:16:05 GMT
I’d love a lower stress job. Maybe you should look into one You used to come on here always laughing and joking and loved surfing and being a ladies man Now, it seems like the stress has taken the fun out of your life Maybe it's time for a change I worked in the firehouse with a guy who had been a successful Wall St stockbroker He wasn't happy in his stressful job, despite the salary and perks and became a fireman....said it was the best move of his life He loved the job and was a good fireman and a happy man, a pleasure to work with From my own experience, I was an oil refinery roustabout in CA but had an interest in becoming a FDNY fireman, I applied to take the test but the test date was on a day when I was scheduled to work and I couldn't get the time off....there was no way I was going to be able to take the test so I resigned and my wife and I sold off most of our furnishings and packed what we could into our car and drove back to NYC where I took and did well on the written test and eventually got on the job It was a real gamble and we really struggled until I got on the fire department....but it was worth it I loved my job, it never felt like work and I always looked forward to going into work at the firehouse Something to think about Life is short, do what's best for you and be happy All the best I think you’re right. It may be time to make a move. Covid makes things a pain at the moment as it makes things so uncertain with lockdowns. It’d be nice to look forward to work each day.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2022 18:16:19 GMT
I’d love a lower stress job. Maybe you should look into one You used to come on here always laughing and joking and loved surfing and being a ladies man Now, it seems like the stress has taken the fun out of your life Maybe it's time for a change I worked in the firehouse with a guy who had been a successful Wall St stockbroker He wasn't happy in his stressful job, despite the salary and perks and became a fireman....said it was the best move of his life He loved the job and was a good fireman and a happy man, a pleasure to work with From my own experience, I was an oil refinery roustabout in CA but had an interest in becoming a FDNY fireman, I applied to take the test but the test date was on a day when I was scheduled to work and I couldn't get the time off....there was no way I was going to be able to take the test so I resigned and my wife and I sold off most of our furnishings and packed what we could into our car and drove back to NYC where I took and did well on the written test and eventually got on the job It was a real gamble and we really struggled until I got on the fire department....but it was worth it I loved my job, it never felt like work and I always looked forward to going into work at the firehouse Something to think about Life is short, do what's best for you and be happy All the best I think you’re right. It may be time to make a move. Covid makes things a pain at the moment as it makes things so uncertain with lockdowns. It’d be nice to look forward to work each day.
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Post by billfish on Jan 3, 2022 19:09:35 GMT
Maybe you should look into one You used to come on here always laughing and joking and loved surfing and being a ladies man Now, it seems like the stress has taken the fun out of your life Maybe it's time for a change I worked in the firehouse with a guy who had been a successful Wall St stockbroker He wasn't happy in his stressful job, despite the salary and perks and became a fireman....said it was the best move of his life He loved the job and was a good fireman and a happy man, a pleasure to work with From my own experience, I was an oil refinery roustabout in CA but had an interest in becoming a FDNY fireman, I applied to take the test but the test date was on a day when I was scheduled to work and I couldn't get the time off....there was no way I was going to be able to take the test so I resigned and my wife and I sold off most of our furnishings and packed what we could into our car and drove back to NYC where I took and did well on the written test and eventually got on the job It was a real gamble and we really struggled until I got on the fire department....but it was worth it I loved my job, it never felt like work and I always looked forward to going into work at the firehouse Something to think about Life is short, do what's best for you and be happy All the best I think you’re right. It may be time to make a move. Covid makes things a pain at the moment as it makes things so uncertain with lockdowns. It’d be nice to look forward to work each day. You're an educated and intelligent man with a good sense of humor....sounds like a great time to mull it over and make a plan Good luck !
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Post by stuke on Jan 3, 2022 20:30:50 GMT
I was having blood pressure problems last year. A stressful email at work would see the systolic reading jump by 20 to 25 points within seconds. So I definitely think stress is bad when it is constant, which mine had been with work. I’d love a lower stress job. Not a nice position to be in. I get stressed very easily, really need to get on top of it. Whiffet, I am sure being in the Atlantic Ocean so often will go quite a way to counteract the stress.
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Post by eudaimonia on Jan 3, 2022 20:54:23 GMT
Why are people supposed to exercise? To beat stress. Worked for me so far along with some satisfying nookie.
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Post by billfish on Jan 3, 2022 21:37:13 GMT
It must be Hell looking in the mirror expecting to see a 16 year old kid ....and seeing a 67 year old man staring back at you
Gerascophobia: Fear of Growing Old - NHCOAhttps://nhcoa.org › gerascophobia-fear-of-growing-old
How can I stop being scared of getting old?
7 Ways to Beat Your Fear of Aging
Maintain a positive outlook. We all have to face losses and downsides as we get older. ...
Embrace your fears. ...
Create cheerful daily habits. ...
Treat problems as an adventure. ...
Explore elderhood. ...
Be more conscious of your values. ...
Cultivate your people skills.
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Post by billfish on Jan 3, 2022 21:38:17 GMT
Why are people supposed to exercise? To beat stress. Worked for me so far along with some satisfying nookie. Exercise is fun and relaxing.....so is sex !
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