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Re:Bruce McEwen, who found stress can alter the brain, has died by copperx on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @12:35AM (#22306103)
Sure, it's atoms all the way down; however, it is still important to make a distinction. Biological stress can be beneficial for our well being, while emotional stress (fight or flight response) has mostly deleterious effects.
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Re:Bruce McEwen, who found stress can alter the brain, has died by internet_user on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @12:56AM (#22306219)
You could have hormetic effects from psychological stressors as well.

They really are identical on a certain level.

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