[lbo-talk] UC London study: Job-related stress literally can kill you

[John Thornton]

Dennis Claxton wrote:
> At 09:40 PM 1/23/2008, you wrote:
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>> Waking up this morning was especially jarring for me, so I brought this
>> up with the sister. What kind of physical damage does the process of
>> waking up to an alarm clock do to a person over the course of their life?
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>> Chuck
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> I wouldn't think anymore damage than waking up at dawn every day, not 
> just school days, to a rooster's crow accompanied by all manner of 
> squawking and lowing.
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When I go backpacking I wake up slowly and for lack of a better word I 
wake up naturally in the sense that I awaken with my own circadian rhythms.
When I had a standard alarm clock when it went off my pulse and BP went 
through the roof.
Not everyone is going to react this way to an alarm but for people who 
do it cannot be healthy to be startled every fucking day to start their day.
It's going to elevate your cortisol levels which weaken adrenal function 
and lead, over time, to mildly elevated resting systolic blood pressure.

Have you actually been on a farm for any length of time and been 
awakened by a rooster or milk cows lowing?
It is totally different than an alarm clock. Unless you perch a rooster 
on your headboard I guess.

John Thornton