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Sapolsky writes about a certain amount of stress being good for you. IIRC he cites a study about people in retirement homes do better if they are made to do cho
by chrismealy 9y ago
Sapolsky writes about a certain amount of stress being good for you. IIRC he cites a study about people in retirement homes do better if they are made to do chores.
- manmal 9y agoPerhaps they don't feel better because of the stress, but in spite of it; finishing chores means that you are useful to your community, and this certainly feels better than feeling useless and waiting for death to come.
- fernly 9y agoThere's a fairly well-known study (I could find a ref if wasn't too lazy) showing that people in retirement homes who were made responsible for the care of a potted plant, lived longer on average than a control group who were given a potted plant but told the staff would take care of it. Just having a responsibility keeps people alive.