Just in case you needed another reason to help people, Kelly McCognial
shares how helping others seems to counteract the harmful effects of stress.
If you want to help others but aren't sure how, check out
your closest MANNAM branch. They'll point you in the right direction.
I want to finish by telling you about one
more study. And listen up, because this study could also save a life. This
study tracked about 1,000 adults in the United States, and they ranged in age
from 34 to 93, and they started the study by asking, "How much stress have
you experienced in the last year?" They also asked, "How much time
have you spent helping out friends, neighbors, people in your community?"
And then they used public records for the next five years to find out who died.
Okay, so the bad news first: For every
major stressful life experience, like financial difficulties or family crisis,
that increased the risk of dying by 30 percent. But -- and I hope you are
expecting a but by now -- but that wasn't true for everyone. People who spent
time caring for others showed absolutely no stress-related increase in dying.
Zero. Caring created resilience.
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