Chapter Questions
Our lifestyle, especially as it relates to diet, smoking, alcohol use, and exercise, has a lot to do with how healthy we are and how long we will live.
In general, predictable stressors have less impact on us than sudden, unpredictable ones.
Daily hassles may not be intense stressors by themselves, but they can combine to create significant negative effects.
Over time, the effects of stressors can hurt our disease-fighting immune system and leave us vulnerable to many kinds of illness.
The impact of stressors on a particular person depends on a combination of what those stressors are, how long they last, and how stress-prone or disease-prone the person is.
Some stressors cannot be eliminated or avoided, but we can reduce their impact by thinking of them as challenges rather than as threats.
Having a flexible stress-coping plan is a key factor in minimizing the psychological and physical dangers of stress.