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Can Mental Stress Kill You?



Can Mental Stress Kill You?

Mental stress has serious effects on the physical body. That’s because the mind and body are strongly connected. Cardiomyopathy, heart attacks, heart failure, asthma, and so much more can be exacerbated by mental stress.

Anxiety, depression, PTSD, addiction, and so many other mental health conditions have very real physical health effects. Suicide and substance use are tightly linked, and these both occur far too frequently in our society. These are absolutely intolerable physical harms from mental health.

It’s not only in the operating room with surgery and anesthesia. The mental stresses from these mental health disorders ramps up the sympathetic nervous system and can lead to physical conditions. In fact, exercise stress tests may be less predictive than mental health stress tests!

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  5. @timothysimmons8102 on

    See I'm not afraid of the Anesthesia. When I was a kid maybe 6 or 7 a had to have tubes put in my ears I was sooo scared and felt alone on my way to the OR. The anesthesist was the first person I saw and talked to me when the wheeled me in the OR. They came over and was so nice talked to me and was like do you think you would be able to blow up that balloon? It was one of the balloons you had in another one of your videos. My biggest fear is being cut open.

  8. @MelB868 on

    I was stressed today a woman overreacted to her autistic kid it was so stressful. I’m not going into detail but she didn’t handle things right there’s a woman in church that works with special needs kids I’m going to get her to help me especially when he’s having a bad day the one that helps me now even told her to calm down.

  14. @gablit-gt8kk on

    What if you didn't get to live the life you wanted to have as a kid that you wanted to change you're birthdate it was impossible that you didn't know what to do

  22. @Nytyly on

    Doctor i have a book for you. People need to understand the truth about the power of the mind and heart. In the ancient days there was no separation between mind and heart. It was all heart

  24. @Techno-Universal on

    Cerrie Fisher’s mother also most likely passed away from broken heart syndrome while flying to go and attend Cerrie’s funeral in response to her daughter’s recent passing.

  29. @HarrenTonderen on

    We all know why we are truly here. Not for studying, aren't we? A question that bothers because you expect certain answer to happen soon aswell.
    If god is real, then i have a serious beaf with him…

  30. @DonnieToys on

    And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Hebrews 9:27)
    Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isaiah 55:7)
    For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13)
    The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. (Psalms 34:18)

  31. @johnhareiel5118 on

    You can get diseases from bad mental health. It kills your immune system! Mental health has killed legions of folk! Past time to kill the stigma and to take this serious!

  32. @kirkkoblect5915 on

    I dont know if im dieing from an illness or its from 7 yrs of everyday stress and worry. My blood work is fine. But im so tired and weak and have brainfog with anxiety. Most doctors dont care and i barely have the energy to go to multiple apts when they cram 60 people in 1 apt time and dont want to hear what you have to say. They just wanna send you out with a prescription and on to th next. Its all for $$ its all a scam.its so bad no i get heart polpitations evetytime i get upset or excited. Anytime i do any physcial activity when i do feal somwhat ok it kills me the next day. And im only 38 yrs old .

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