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Stress: Portrait of a Killer » National Geographic Documentary with Robert Sapolsky (Stanford University)

THE DOCUMENTARY


Stress response: savior to killer

As we’ve evolved, the human stress response has saved our lives. Today, we turn on the same life-saving physical reaction to cope with intense, ongoing stressors - and we can’t seem to turn it off. “Stress: Portrait of a Killer” reveals just how dangerous prolonged exposure to stress can be.