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Chúng tôi gặp phải căng thẳng hàng ngày trong thời gian ùn tắc giao thông trên đường cao tốc, tại nơi làm việc, ở nhà với vợ hoặc chồng và con cái, về những tin tức buổi tối. Chúng tôi cảm thấy căng thẳng khi chúng ta lo lắng về tiền bạc | 7 Assess Your Stress Burn Your Fat e encounter stress every day during traffic jams on the freeway in the workplace at home with the spouse and kids on the evening news. We feel stress when we worry about money or retirement or whether we will get a promotion. Those of us who are middle-aged might face the stress of properly caring for aging or sick parents and our kids leaving the nest. Since September 11 we must also contend with the stress of knowing that our country and loved ones are not immune from possible terrorist attacks. Stressors surround us at every turn. Why Do We Feel Stress If stress is so bad for us then why have our bodies developed the stress response in the first place From an evolutionary standpoint stress is not only useful but necessary for survival. For the first two hundred thousand years of humanity s existence stress was a useful mechanism that got our ancestors physically prepared to kill wild animals for food run for their lives fight an opponent or survive a natural disaster such as a flash flood. Greater physical strength from the adrenaline rush sharper hearing and vision heightened brain function and more energy to fight or flee were certainly useful. But the catch is that stress was never meant to be a long-term condition of daily life. Our ancestors experienced the heightened physical and hormonal response of a stress reaction during times of genuine physical danger. They then discharged their energy while dealing with the problem 68 ASSESS YOUR STRESS BURN YOUR FAT 69 cleared the stress hormones out of their system and returned to a physiologically normal state. In the modern world unless we are being robbed at gunpoint in a dark alley most of our stress is psychological in nature. Therefore it is difficult to make it go away by an immediate physical response or action that discharges it. When you discover that your new secretary has gotten your mailing lists mixed up yelling at him or her and pounding on the desk in frustration