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- inactive, on 03/16/2009, -1/+13"Stress causes health problem this is the conclusion of our 100 million dollar study"
Seriously they need to fund less reasearch on obvious crap. - inactive, on 03/16/2009, -0/+9If stress disconnects the brain, then mine is just a pile of cables with no plugs
- fjsferreira, on 03/16/2009, -0/+8Disconnected from what?
- reyoo30309, on 03/16/2009, -0/+7Could be why I increasingly feel that nothing is real either that or maybe I am schizophrenic.
Or no I'm not. - Homerr, on 03/16/2009, -0/+7Disconnection can be shock. A few examples of shock are forgetfulness, deer-in-the-headlights look, counterattack with anger, getting red faced or blotchy, or getting cold.
- moliver21, on 03/16/2009, -0/+6I don't know about it causing me to become disconnected, but it sure caused my blood pressure to go up, and my hair to go grey, and I'm only 35. Stress is certainly worth avoiding.
- simpleid, on 03/16/2009, -0/+5"In the March 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry a paper by Tibor Hajszan and colleagues"
better questions to ask;
Is that journal reputable?
is Tibor Hajszan and colleagues reputable? - fuzzybutton, on 03/16/2009, -0/+5Is this or is this not a good reason for legal ecstacy and marijuana? It is good for the people but bad for the pharmaceutical companies. See who wins.
- razorc03, on 03/16/2009, -0/+5I always wondered if the human body had a self-destruct sequence
- MachineMessiah, on 03/16/2009, -0/+5This article is stressing me out
- dwhitbeck, on 03/16/2009, -0/+4Oh your head bone's connected to your brain bone.
- inactive, on 03/16/2009, -0/+4Dial up brains..
- fjsferreira, on 03/16/2009, -0/+4I thought our brains were only a bunch of cells, doing their biochemical thing all day long, connected only to each other, to one sole purpose: think about BOOBS constantly. I'm sure that at least my brain works like this.
- Rileyluck, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2no wonder i feel so stupid when im studying!
- mkmega, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2Check your thyroid - it could be because you are stressed or it could be because your thyroid is going crazy.
- ig88b1, on 03/16/2009, -1/+3But I thought getting blown was a great stress reliever?
- dronkmunk, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2I am using Thymuskin for my AA. I only just started it but we'll see.
- Sporky023, on 03/17/2009, -0/+2Cigarette smokers 45% more likely to carry a lighter on their person -- does smoking cause pyromania? Details at ten.
- DeliaComeau, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2I also have Alopecia Areata......The shampoo Nixion works wonders! :D
- dncarlson, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2Everything you see around you is a simulation of your memories, designed by your future self with the aid of what is then known as "the grid" - a network of every computerized and networked element. You're future brain is part of the grid, as it has been transposed to mu-circuits (your 'nano-technology' except smaller, and working within the quanto-biological paradigm.) The simulation will run up to the year 2045, the current year as of writing. Upon when, your 'simulated' memory self will catch up to your current self, and you will be free to live your life, or re-simulate your memories once again.
The purpose of this is to live many lives (same person, fundamentally different experiences) in order to augment your current 2045 self's knowledge, world experience, and biological empathy. Since your reality is running in a simulation, complete with relative time, this is all done without your future self aging more than an hour.
All experiences of deja vu, and bizarre coincidence are temporal shifts of your current simulation experiencing future past memories. When you 'die' while in simulation, it is considered optimal to reset the simulation, only removing/changing elements that will again lead to your demise (which is completely determinate [complicated to explain]) - basically what you are experiencing is 'beta software, or cache' of (sometimes many) memory simulations.
Since you have no memories of 99.9% of the earth's population, nor what your acquaintances 'do/did' when you were not present, these elements are created by the Grid's formidable AI system. Each moment is a recompilation of your past actions with daily zeitgeist profiles - this ensures no future knowledge leaks into your present life through interactions with others, except when programmed.
This is one such program. My programmed goal is to deter your sense of existential dread; constant stress will cause your brain to become disconnected, leading to chronic anxiety, depression, and finally stroke predicted for the year 2028.
Acknowledge this as you will. - inactive, on 03/17/2009, -0/+2This just in: cancer is correlated with a high rate of death.
- oxdeltaxo, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2I've blown blood vessels under my skin, because of stress related blood pressure, and I'm only 20.
- jumpjet701, on 03/16/2009, -0/+2My hair is falling out due to stress. Alopecia Areata sucks.
- solboldi, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1argh
- FreeTalkLIve, on 03/16/2009, -1/+2Marijuana is good for stress.
- krewl, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1I said ses...not stress.
- inactive, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1I know what this article is about. Whenever I'm stressed I feel like someone else is doing stuff for me. Like now. I'm stressed and I feel I'm disconnected with what I type :(
- Maudrid, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1Ever heard of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Post Traumatic Dissociation Disorder?
- inactive, on 03/17/2009, -0/+1What better to cure your Stress than some good Ol'Fashioned Cannabis Indica!...
- jmill987, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1Holy crap!
- tulwave, on 03/18/2009, -0/+1Totally agree with this
- Sporky023, on 03/17/2009, -0/+1I've been looking for you my whole life. Alas that I have but one digg to bestow upon your magnificent comment. I am tempted to fork myself just so I can give you more diggs. DNCarlson, will you marry me?
- nikkikay312, on 03/17/2009, -0/+1Me too! I get bad headaches which prevents me from learning more. The death to neurons though? sort of scary because I always stress
- EMGroup, on 03/16/2009, -0/+1Stress causes the brain to release chemicals like corticosteroids which when accumulated would lead to adverse effects to the human body
- lozengeoflove, on 03/17/2009, -0/+1I hope so, I read it daily.
- TheMachine1, on 03/16/2009, -0/+0The Matrix is trying to reduce our stress to keep us connected. I choose the Matrix!.....The Matrix just repaid me by reminding me to go look at porn now...
- onlines, on 03/16/2009, -0/+0I believe, at least using my stress experiences, the disconnected they are referring to is a gradual disassociation from structured reality. I haven't been feeling the sense of, "we're not all the same" and that talking to co-workers, or classmates, or anybody in general, brings me into an immediate state of, "we're exactly the same"... I suppose, this is where the article was heading, but i don't know any more... i don't feel connected to this article, so they win?
- ebcreasoner, on 03/16/2009, -1/+1We fell like that too.
- crystalmonae, on 03/17/2009, -0/+0I get bad headaches when I'm stressed. Hey, it could be damaging something.
- havek23, on 03/16/2009, -7/+4is ScienceDaily even reputable?
- moosejaw99, on 03/16/2009, -8/+2This just in:
Bush was most stressed President in history.
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