How much stress is too much? A psychiatrist explains the links between toxic stress and poor health − and how to get help
- Written by Lawson R. Wulsin, Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati
Toxic stress increases the risks for obesity, diabetes, depression and other illnesses.Klaus Vedfelt/Digital Vision via Getty ImagesCOVID-19 taught most people that the line between tolerable and toxic stress – defined as persistent demands that lead to disease – varies widely. But some people will age faster and die younger from toxic...