First the obvious:<\/p>\n

Stress is needed and useful in your life.<\/p>\n

Now the not-so-obvious:<\/p>\n

Distress is the single biggest<\/strong><\/em> contributor to shorten your life.<\/p>\n

Centenarians (people 100+ years old)<\/em> overwhelmingly<\/span> cite being able to effectively cope with Distress, as the MAJOR common denominator to their long, healthy lives.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe usual recommendations\u2014not smoking, not drinking, plenty of exercise, a well-balanced diet, keeping your weight down\u2014 do not apply to centenarians. They are in a class of their own.\u201d Nir Barzilai, Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dr. Barzilai reports of the 500 centenarians surveyed, when at age 70:<\/p>\n

* 45 % were overweight or obese<\/p>\n

* 37 % smoked (an average of 31 years!)<\/em><\/p>\n

* 64 % did only moderate or no exercise<\/p>\n

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Another Major study (68,222 adults for 14 years<\/em>) determined a clear association between psychological distress and major causes of mortality. A considerably<\/strong> raised risk of mortality was evident, even at low levels of distress. BMJ 2012;345:e4933 <\/em><\/p>\n

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OK, so?<\/p>\n

There are many ways to effectively reduce Distress.<\/p>\n

These 22 are specifically chosen to help you do this.<\/p>\n

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You only wish that reading one<\/em> Doodle once would do it!<\/p>\n

It’s the subconscious cross-indexing of selected<\/em>\u00a0different<\/strong> Doodles\u00a0that<\/p>\n

‘side-steps’ your filters to give you what you want.<\/p>\n

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To reinforce this, read at least 2<\/strong> below: <\/em>If you Read only one<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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# 7 <\/strong>Disaster<\/a> – 10 <\/strong>Progress It<\/a> – 13 <\/strong>Changing Change<\/a> – 14 <\/strong>Eliminating Triggers<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

17 <\/strong>Impossible Decisions<\/a> – 18 <\/strong>Being Triggered<\/a> – 40 <\/strong>So What!<\/a> – 45 <\/strong>Problems<\/a><\/p>\n

96 <\/strong>Habits<\/a> – 121<\/strong> Carrot & Stick<\/a> – 194 <\/strong>F. E. A. R.<\/a> – 197 <\/strong>Obstacles, Your Key to Success<\/a><\/p>\n

234 <\/strong>Triggers<\/a> – 253 <\/strong>Just-in-Case<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> – 256\u00a0 <\/strong>99 is Fine<\/a> – 257 <\/strong>Unknown<\/a> – 297 <\/strong>Circles & Spirals<\/a><\/p>\n

314 <\/strong>Almost<\/a> – 318 <\/strong>Thoughtful Ransoms<\/a> – 329 <\/strong>Seriously<\/a> – 335 <\/strong>Stress<\/a> – 341 <\/strong>Possible\u00a0vs Probable<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First the obvious: Stress is needed and useful in your life. Now the not-so-obvious: Distress is the single biggest contributor to shorten your life. Centenarians (people 100+ years old) overwhelmingly cite being able to effectively cope with Distress, as the MAJOR common denominator to their long, healthy lives.   \u201cThe usual recommendations\u2014not smoking, not drinking, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,15,18,49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-attitude","7":"category-awareness","8":"category-emotions","9":"category-fear","10":"category-worry","11":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}