Thursday, 18 January 2007

human biology - Does stress physically age our body?

Going by the assumption that stress eventually triggers a flight/fight response, and the subsequent realization that flight/fight puts the body in a system of readiness to use it's available resources (mental, physical).



Does it make sense to think that stress physically ages a person? I am specifically referring to characteristics identified with aging such as bleached hair, telomere shortening, wrinkles around the eyes, etc.

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