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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers (Revised and Updated)
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers (Revised and Updated) | Robert M Sapolsky
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Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most popular work, with over 225,000 copies in print Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress.As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear-and the ones that plague us now-are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage, such as heart disease and cancer. When we worry or experience stress, our body turns on the same physiological responses that an animal's does, but we do not resolve conflict in the same way-through fighting or fleeing. Over time, this activation of a stress response makes us literally sick. Combining cutting-edge research with a healthy dose of good humor and practical advice, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more. It also provides essential guidance to controlling our stress responses. This new edition promises to be the most comprehensive and engaging one yet.
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pranetbasbin

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SqueakyChu
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My husband found this book which he thought I‘d like at a local #LittleFreeLibrary. He grabbed the book and brought it home to me because he knows the battle I‘d been fighting with #stress during the years of the pandemic. I think this book will be both a fun and helpful read for me. I‘m very happy to be reading it now.

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Amaneet
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A book that helped me understand that stress is all around us and how to overcome it! #nonfiction #coffee

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Panpan

OMG, in my quest to be better, this was a suggested read from the Leadership community. It has some funny parts, it's been revised for contemporary medical concerns but it is boring.
SPOILER: you get the answer early in the reading.🤨

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GoneFishing

imagine this: sit with a group of hunter-gatherers from the African grasslands and explain to them that in our world we have so much food and so much free time that some of us run 26 miles in a day, simply for the sheer pleasure of it. They are likely to say, “Are you crazy? That‘s stressful.” Throughout hominid history, if you‘re running 26 miles in a day, you‘re either very intent on eating someone or someone‘s very intent on eating you.

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Inked.and.nerdy
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Who can guess what my next class is?! You know you've chosen the right field to go into when you get super excited about your classes and textbooks ☺️

BarbaraTheBibliophage I'm excited for your stack! I read Waking the Tiger a while ago. Need to revisit. And the Zebra ebook is on sale at Amazon this month. I may get it. The Van Der Kolk one is on my TBR also. So many people have recommended. 8y
Inked.and.nerdy @BarbaraTheBibliophage do you work in the field with trauma or just interested in it? 8y
BookishFeminist Ooo please report back! A few of these have been on my TBR as I have PTSD, and I always enjoy learning new things about brains. 😊 8y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage @Inked.and.nerdy I'm a a massage therapist, health coach and person with PTSD. Plus I love reading health and mental health books. 8y
BookishFeminist @BarbaraTheBibliophage I have it on my shelf partially finished! My mentor was kind enough to lend it to me. It's nice to meet someone else on here with PTSD. It can feel pretty alienating sometimes, but I love reading about psychology too. 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @BookishFeminist Pretty sure we aren't alone though. I'll have to hunt around looking for my psych books so we can compare. 😎 8y
BookishFeminist @BarbaraTheBibliophage I'm sure we're not. 😊 love Litsy though for being so open so we can share it though! I'll peak around my stacks too. 8y
Inked.and.nerdy @BookishFeminist @BarbaraTheBibliophage you two are not alone.. I have PTSD as well which is partly what led me to want to become a therapist and specialize in trauma 8y
BookishFeminist @Inked.and.nerdy @BarbaraTheBibliophage 😌 not cool that you have PTSD but very cool that's why you're doing what you do! I've considered it myself but I don't think I've gotten to the point in my treatment where I could healthily consider that 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Inked.and.nerdy @BookishFeminist I agree. Nothing like a personal perspective to connect you to the work you do. 8y
Louise Nice pile of books! I've read several of them. Lots of good ideas between those pages! 🌟 8y
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Meleebird
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The frontal cortex is the nearest thing you have to a superego. Starting from toilet training, it helps you to do the harder, rather than the easier thing. It keeps you from murdering someone just because you feel like it, keeps you from telling someone what you think of their hideous outfit ...