Now in a third edition Robert M Sapolsky's acclaimed & successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep & addiction as well as new insights into anxiety & personality disorder & the impact of spirituality on managing stress As Sapolsky explains most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria Instead the diseases we fear
- & the ones that plague us now
- are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage such as heart disease & cancer When we worry or experience stress our body turns on the same physiological responses that an animal's does but we do not resolve conflict in the same way
- through fighting or fleeing Over time this activation of a stress response makes us literally sick Combining cutting-edge research with a healthy dose of good humour & practical advice Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical & mental afflictions including depression ulcers colitis heart disease & more It also provides essential guidance to controlling our stress responses This new edition promises to be the most comprehensive & engaging one yet