James Laughlin explains how chronic stress can trigger depression and early death if ignored. He shares his father's cancer diagnosis when he was three and his sister Suzanne's health struggles, then warns about numbing behaviors like binge-watching and drinking that mask deeper problems.
Are you quite literally emotionally numbing out? Like binge watching Netflix or overeating or drinking? Have you lost your libido? Stress can turn into depression if it's not dealt with. We're here to talk about something that we all need to be talking about. Stress in general is a biological response. It's just made to keep us safe. My mission with Mo, my co author, is to take a million people a year out of stress. My dad did get cancer when I was three. He was using alcohol as his way to process more. My eldest half sister, Suzanne, was diagnosed with cancer four days after my sister's funeral that my dad was rushed to hospital. He now had cancer again. Oh my God, I felt so anxious all the time. When you find yourself sort of snapping at your loved one for no reason, we have 80% negativity bias. Unless we do something for it. No wonder we're also emotionally stressed. All your emotion is doing is screaming, trying to get your attention.
