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Re:Launch HN: Chorus Meditation (YC W21) – Meditation for No... by dragonwriter on Thursday February 11, 2021 @02:43PM (#26106142)
> It's a symptom, like fever. If you treat the symptom without addressing the cause, what good is it?

Quite good when the symptom is harmful in itself, which both fevers that are sufficiently high and stress can very much be.

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Re:Launch HN: Chorus Meditation (YC W21) – Meditation for No... by aliabramovitz on Thursday February 11, 2021 @03:28PM (#26106671)
Absolutely - as I shared above - stress is totally a symptom! Check out my comment above about what the underling causes are. And youre so right that the added HEALTH benefits of reducing stress (like a fever) are huge as well. Here is a doc we have that summarizes how cortisol and stress impact the body: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k6QyxX7_btMWUExto_KfESBm...
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