Reviewed Date: February 1st, 2024
We all have been experiencing stress these days. We also know what health complications we would get if we were exposed to stress for a long time, especially heart diseases. But chronic stress, prolonged exposure to stress, can cause breast cancer, autoimmune diseases, intestine ulcers, prostate cancer, and many more.
The same event is stressful to one person and absolutely nothing to another person. How we perceive stress depends on our personal history. But people with certain personality traits are prone to the diseases I mentioned above. Being nice to everyone, repressing emotions (especially anger), putting other people’s needs above yours, always being available, and a few more.
To beat the stress, you need to be aware of the stressors. With authority, you need to take charge of your life and deal with stressors with courage. By exercising your independence, you need to say no to things that you don’t like to do. Above all, you need to develop emotional competence, the ability to regulate emotions.
When the Body Says No is the third book I read by the author Gabor Mate. He unapologetically mentions the shortfalls in modern treatments. Though his claims make sense, I thought I needed to do a thorough verification of some concepts that sounded too good to be true. Apart from that, it’s a good book. I must say, it is slightly textbookish. But I highly recommend this one.
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