Why You Should Take Stress More Seriously

If you’re someone who frequently declares, “I’m so stressed!” then you might want to pay attention to this: Your risk of heart attackcould be double that of folks who don't think they're stressed, according to a new study. The findings, by French researchers and published Wednesday in the European Heart Journal, showed that people who believe that they are stressed—and that the stress is affecting their health—have more than twice the risk of heart attack as those who don’t feel that way.“This indicates that individuals' perception and reality seem to be connected pretty well,” lead authorHerman Nabi, of the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, told Yahoo! Shine in an email. “In other words, people seem to be aware when stress is affecting their health.”More here>>