Cardiologist Says Stress Response Creates Cardiovascular Damage When Left Chronically Activated

What was said

"In our current-day society, we turn on the stress response for all those things you just talked about. We get a bill in the mail that's difficult to handle. We hear something at school. Our friend says something to us, we feel bullied. We go to work and our boss is tough on us. Every little insult during our day causes a stress reaction."

Dr. Narula explains how modern life hijacks the body's stress response system, which evolved to protect humans from immediate physical threats like predators. Unlike our ancestors whose stress response would turn off after escaping danger, modern humans keep it chronically activated through daily stressors, causing sustained cardiovascular damage. She emphasizes this chronic low-grade stress is a major but under-discussed driver of heart disease.