Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and
updated edition of his most popular work, with over 225,000 copies in
print
Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress
affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and
personality disorder and 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-and the ones that plague us now-are illnesses brought on by the
slow accumulation of damage, such as heart disease and 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 humor and
practical advice, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains how prolonged
stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions,
including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more. It also
provides essential guidance to controlling our stress responses. This
new edition promises to be the most comprehensive and engaging one yet.