stress, n.Trivia

Stress causes your hair to turn gray faster because it fires up your sympathetic nervous system. It releases the neurotransmitter norepinephrine, which damages pigment-producing cells within hair follicles.

Gray hairs can naturally regain their original color when we feel less stressed.

Exercise reorganizes the brain so that it is more resistant to stress.

IQ can decrease by an average of 13% when people are more stressed

Patients in an insane mental asylum in the 1950's have the same stress as the average high school student now days.

Stress literally kills your brain, permanently destroying neurons in your brain, which affects learning, impulse control, reasoning, and memory.

laughter not only reduces stress but increases the production of antibodies and kills the activity of tumor cells.(Loma Linda University study, 2010)

Laughing lowers levels of stress and strengthens your immune system

Vodka is more effective at reducing stress than red wine, according to a study published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.

Playing video games can reduce stress and make you less hostile, as long as you're having fun while playing.

Dogs can become stressed if their owners are stressed.