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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
- The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping - Now Revised and Updated
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
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Summary
Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress.
As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear - and the ones that plague us now - are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage, such as heart disease and cancer. When we worry or experience stress, our body turns on the same physiological responses that an animal's does, but we do not resolve conflict in the same way - through fighting or fleeing. Over time, this activation of a stress response makes us literally sick. Combining cutting-edge research with a healthy dose of good humor and practical advice, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more. It also provides essential guidance to controlling our stress responses. This new edition promises to be the most comprehensive and engaging one yet.
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- ALEKSANDER F WEILER
- 25-05-20
BEST BOOK
I loved this book. Especially during the tumultuous time the world is going through, this is gold. Not only did I learn a lot about the stress response, but I now have some strategies to manage my own! Would definitely recommend if you like nonfiction!
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- stewhw
- 19-06-17
very informative
highly entertaining, jargon free and potentially a life changer.. I would recommend this book to anyone!
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- Helena
- 18-06-17
Absolutely Brilliant!
Brilliant book! Accurate, scientific, balanced. Very interesting, educational and insightful! Well read too, the person narrating the book is channeling Sapolsky really well.
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- Karina Souleimanova
- 28-10-18
Excellent!
Great summary and few very interesting new ideas, highly recommended!
We all know that stress is at the origin of many physiological and emotional problems, but this book helps to understand it deeply in details backed by interesting research studies, life exemples and plausible hypothesis.
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- Jason Marks
- 08-11-23
Stress - how, why, when and what to do about it - with a laugh:)
The best value freebie I’ve found
As Plus Catalogue title I downloaded as the title was eye catching - but when I started listening I was captivated by the wry style of the writing and Peter Berkrot’s reading matched the writing style well
A truly informative book which covers cause and effects of stress and provides some useful insights into how we can all better equip ourselves to handle them - I wish I’d read (listened to) this when I was younger :)
The pace was a little slow for me but the app soon helps that along
For any human, get this book - the AI will give us all enough to worry about and this may just help you get prepared enough to laugh in the face of our to-be metallic overlords and confuse them into submission
Thanks Robert Sapolsky for a really, really great book.
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- Lucy D.
- 11-07-19
Very interesting read
Very good, very interesting. Leaves you with the knowledge that can be practically applied to life
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- Anonymous User
- 11-01-24
entertaining and illuminating
terrific content, great narration make for easy to follow and engage with book. Great
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- T R
- 31-05-15
Loads of info
Well narrated, funny in places with loads of good info. I'll summarise for you; relax, don't sweat the small stuff, make friends, make love, exercised regularly and don't eat crap.
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- Paul McCullough
- 31-08-16
Amazing book. highly scientific.
Sapolsky is a fantastic teacher, in this book he gives an excellent map of a stress territory, it explains many aspects of our daily life in how to cope with it.
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- FLOYD
- 03-01-24
Thorough & Insightful
Loved how Robert takes the pains to explain the mechanisms of stress in details. I like how he strives for balance in each situation and circumstance. He then finally closes with practical guidance on how to manage stress.
All in all, one is left with an informed appreciation of stress.
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