Eye Opening Experience #2: Stress Can Kill You
I am going to keep this post short and simple: STRESS CAN KILL YOU!
I recently wrote a post like this about my grandfather titled, “Health: An Eye Opening Experience.” In this post I talked about how my grandfather was admitted to the hospital due to the clotting of his legs. I went on explaining how the bad decisions he made when he was younger ultimately led him to the bed he now occupies.
This post is not much different from the last. It has the same type of results only with different problems. Instead of my grandfather it is now my grandmother. Besides her also having bad cholesterol it was now extreme stress that admitted her. Believe it or not this almost killed her a few days ago. As a matter of fact if she would not have went to the hospital when she did, and instead went to bed, the doctor told her she would have never woken up.
It turns out that she got into a little scuffle with my sister and because of that almost ended her life. It seems almost surreal to me that something as simple as stress could kill you. If you think about it, people go through stress all the time. Have you ever had to get up in front of people and give a speech? Although I am fairly O.K. with it now, I used to stress out for weeks at the thought that I would have to give a speech. Other times we stress over getting a new job or more money. Can we ever be stress free?
Actually we can be free of the BAD stress. In Dale Carnegies book titled “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living” He explains all of these stress free techniques in complete detail. I feel the man is a genius and has some amazing tactics you can apply immediately to jump start your path to a stress free life.
All I have to say is remember to think before you act. This may sound simple but the next time you want to jump over the table at someone because they have offended you, think of this: Stress Can Kill You. This is what I leave you with. I hope you pick his book up and start reading. Without it I probably would not be where I am today. Good luck!
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August 17th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
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August 18th, 2007 at 3:22 am
It’s a great point to bring up because we all deal with stress in our lives. Of the many ways to combat stress, it’s most important that we do something about it. If you’re always stressed out, you’ve got to ask yourself if life doesn’t have something better to offer.
August 22nd, 2007 at 1:26 pm
That is very true and I love your comment. Why stress out? Is that what life is all about? I think not! Just relax with your life and live free from stress, thats what I say!