Check Your Stress

Don’t you think life just seems to be getting more and more serious? South African stress levels must be going through the stress glass ceiling. If we are not worrying about our own politics we are worrying about that busty old Republican SP. I think that we as a nation are, in our own way, addicted to stress. Is there a Stressaholics Anonymous?

But what is really so bad about stress? What is not to like? That hard-to-beat feeling alive vibe is totally moreish. Never mind the fast beating heart, potential palpitations, hair loss, eye twitches and reduced concentration.  Pish-posh those are not real side effects; at least not for the die-hard stress addicts.
We, as a nation, seem to enjoy nothing more than taking other people’s issues on board. It is somewhat ridiculous but many of us believe our hours of stressing, over the US Elections, will somehow stop them from voting for a Republican (again). If the great citizens of America refuse to help themselves then there is nothing our nations combined stressing is going to do. The same applies to the politics closer to home, but lets not even go there.

There is such a fine line between being concerned and being stressed. Concern you can leave at the front door while stress completely takes over your life. Also eye twitches, as a side effect, can be quite debilitating. Stress, ladies and gentlemen, eats you from the inside out leaving behind an opinionated, not terribly interesting, shell.