Chronic Stress Could Lead To Depression and Dementia, Scientists Warn (independent.co.uk)

schwit1 writes: A major review of published research suggests that chronic stress and anxiety can damage areas of the brain involved in emotional responses, thinking and memory, leading to depression and even Alzheimer's disease. Dr Linda Mah, the lead author of the review carried out at a research institute affiliated to the University of Toronto, said: 'Pathological anxiety and chronic stress are associated with structural degeneration and impaired functioning of the hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex, which may account for the increased risk of developing neuropsychiatric disorders, including depression and dementia.'

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[DigiShaman]

Stress is also why people will vote for people like Trump or Sanders. They're tired of being used up by the elite only to be expended like a used husk and replaced with fresh young replacements. Does the world really need 6 billon people on the planet when the "owner class" use automation and robotic to replace people" These political and owner class elite should be so damn lucky civil war hasn't started yet and they be overthrown in a French Revolution style result.