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02/24/2006:

"Only half of worried Americans try to manage their stress"

When it comes to dealing with stress, a number of Americans turn to unhealthy behaviors such as overeating and smoking for relief and don't exercise, according to a survey released today by the American Psychological Association (APA).

But those choices, researchers say, lead to increased health problems that ultimately make stress worse.

"What's surprising and alarming is the fact that too many people weren't taking active steps to do anything about the stress they're feeling," says Russ Newman of the APA. "People don't really appreciate how detrimental stress is, and the ways they're trying to manage stress can be as detrimental, if not more so."
news.yahoo.com

There is never any discussion about the nature of this epidemic of anxiety and stress, never any reflection about what it might be in the way people live here that is so obviously detrimental to the human nervous system.