In the movie Stress: Portrait of a Killer, stress was talked
about in our modern world and how it is affecting us. It was also mentioned how
something that society values, multitasking, is actually something that is very
stressful and can affect our bodies. I explored a little more on this topic and
found this site which explains how multitasking affects us. I started by
looking for more information while eating dinner, and realized I should not be
multitasking when learning how multitasking negatively affects us due to
stress. This habit has become so apart of life for me that I don’t always
recognize I’m doing it. This article describes how we have one brain that is
meant to focus on one task and when we start performing multiple tasks our
brain decides we need more energy and therefore release adrenaline. This of
course can lead to heart problems if this is continued over long periods of
time. As mentioned in the Sapolsky reading, if adrenaline (or epinephrine) is
in your body along with glucocorticoids this can lead to various
problems such as high blood pressure, making your cardiovascular system work
harder, and platelets in your blood can become clumped, along with several more
problems all contributing to a decline in health for a person. I definitely
feel like I’m going to try and become more aware of my multitasking and to try
and stop this bad habit that only hurts my body. If you need any more reason
besides your health though, the article also states that multitasking is not
more productive then doing one task at a time.
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