Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping - Now Revised and Updated
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Narrated by:
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Peter Berkrot
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By:
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Robert Sapolsky
About this listen
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.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©2004 Robert M. Sapolsky (P)2012 TantorWhat listeners say about Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
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- Anonymous User
- 05-08-2024
cancer control
New information about cancer point of view. Cancer is something we can't control so don't stress about it.
'Best revenge is to live better'!
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- Barry Lucas
- 17-02-2019
Life makes a little more sense now
the author's account of the the role of hormones in heredity outside genes and culture is eye opening. At once great relief and sobering prospect.
Thank you. I wish I'd read this sooner. I might have been kinder .. to others and myself.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-01-2024
Fun read.
Some great points in here. An interesting discussion with a humorous touch. Would have liked more advice for improving your stress level in the end.
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- 19-03-2018
Need a science degree
Informative but very hard to follow without some science background. Some good nuggets of information but these don’t make up for the other 15 hours of “what the...”
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