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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping
Robert M. Sapolsky
288 reviews for:
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping
Robert M. Sapolsky
informative
slow-paced
I'd say 3.5 stars.
I listened to the audiobook, and took my time getting through it. Sapolsky offers in-depth descriptions about the stress response. He also offers some practical ideas about how to best adjust your life to make sure stress doesn't ruin you.
My big takeaway ---> Chronic, uncontrolled stress can be really harmful to our health.
I listened to the audiobook, and took my time getting through it. Sapolsky offers in-depth descriptions about the stress response. He also offers some practical ideas about how to best adjust your life to make sure stress doesn't ruin you.
My big takeaway ---> Chronic, uncontrolled stress can be really harmful to our health.
this book made me feel stressed about being stressed lol…. Overall I thought the writing was clear and humorous. Even though it dealt with a lot of topics & scientific terms I’d never heard of, Sapolsky did a good job of explaining & giving examples to back up the point….. but after 300+ pages of getting beat around the head by why stress is bad for you I started to lose interest
Great book yet again by Robert Sapolsky. It shows in so many ways and layers how stress can make people sick and explains in great detail how this comes about. Sometimes a little too detailed, as the book has its’ lengths and is not as well written and interesting as “Behave”, but still a fantastic and insightful book.
No one else has got me wanting to understand more about any kind of biology since I left school. Robert sapolsky has a very engaging way of dealing with what, to a layman, is quite technical in parts.
He explains how and why different people respond to stress, both in terms of physiology and psychology. If you are constantly stressed and planning to live a long time this could be an alarming read. There are no easy fixes of the kind you might find in a self-help book, the guidance is much more considered and nuanced.
If you want to be much better informed and are prepared to put a bit of effort in (if you are new to neurobiology) both in reading and in thinking about what this might mean for you, then I would strongly recommend this book.
He explains how and why different people respond to stress, both in terms of physiology and psychology. If you are constantly stressed and planning to live a long time this could be an alarming read. There are no easy fixes of the kind you might find in a self-help book, the guidance is much more considered and nuanced.
If you want to be much better informed and are prepared to put a bit of effort in (if you are new to neurobiology) both in reading and in thinking about what this might mean for you, then I would strongly recommend this book.
I listened to the audiobook, can't believe I waited for so long. For some reason I thought that a book that had been out for over a decade would be outdated - I was wrong. Not only has the book been updated for the latest release, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers is thorough, detailed, funny and full of fascinating information on how stress affects us even before birth. Highly recommended.
informative
slow-paced
Good! If you’re interested in the medical/biology background of stress, this is for you. If not, the listing of hormones, brain areas, and terminology are a bit intimidating. Overall a fascinating look at how the modern world affects us (negatively). Unfortunately, if you’re looking for a guidebook to less stress, I wouldn’t necessarily recommend, since as the author notes: “the best possible thing you can do to avoid the negative health impacts of stress? Don’t be born poor”
informative
slow-paced