Re:People who are isolated from others do worse on cognitive...
by wongarsu on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @09:13AM
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Frequency and sleep are certainly important factors. Stressing your bones from time to time lead to hairline fractures that get repaired and cause your body to strengthen the area, leading to stronger bones. But doing it faster than the repairs catch up leads to a stress fracture [1]. That happens even from what we consider normal loads (running, jumping, etc) if you aren't used to them and then suddenly experience them very frequently.
The same is true for countless other physical and psychological processes. Some stress is great, but you have to be very careful if you lack buildup or recovery periods.
Re:People who are isolated from others do worse on cognitive...
by 0xcde4c3db on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @09:13AM
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And even if you do everything right, there's never a guarantee that any given stressor will actually trigger a big enough set of adaptations to be a net positive. Human psychology and physiology do not operate on some kind of magic quid-pro-quo system where ability or health exist to reward effort or discipline; sometimes stuff just doesn't work the way you want or expect and you have to deal with it any way you can.
A huuuuge asterix is needed there. Stress can help build you up, only as long as it's controllable, within the tolerable limits of each individual and is paired enough quality sleep and rest when needed (like going to the gym)
Otherwise, stress outside the limits and control of the individual, with bad sleep and little rest, as they usually go hand in hand, leads to burnout, depression, eating disorders, substance abuse, homelessness, etc.