I learned this week that the most commonly injured body part here is the hippocampus. That's right, we've been told that we should all expect to have "broken" hippocamp-i after 60-90 days.
How does this happen? Apparently it's the stress. Living in such a stressful environment has a number of less-than-desirable side effects. You already know about the chunk/hunk/monk/skunk/drunk trends. Well apparently we also have a strong tendency to lose our minds - at least the short term memory part of our minds. And I can see that that will likely lead to losing lots of other things as well....
Bummer.
But, they say it comes back. Within 60-90 days of returning to non-stressful environments. That great! I thought. But then, where can I go that is actually non-stressful?! I guess it's probably relative.
Before this turns into a total downer of a post, let me counter the above with these perks:
How does this happen? Apparently it's the stress. Living in such a stressful environment has a number of less-than-desirable side effects. You already know about the chunk/hunk/monk/skunk/drunk trends. Well apparently we also have a strong tendency to lose our minds - at least the short term memory part of our minds. And I can see that that will likely lead to losing lots of other things as well....
Bummer.
But, they say it comes back. Within 60-90 days of returning to non-stressful environments. That great! I thought. But then, where can I go that is actually non-stressful?! I guess it's probably relative.
Before this turns into a total downer of a post, let me counter the above with these perks:
- 24-hour massage chairs!
- waffle bar at lunch today!
- they just planted palm trees!
- getting to watch the late night news/comedy shows before my bed time!
Annnnnnnd that's about it for now. Not bad on the whole.
3 comments:
Does this explain why I have lost my short-term memory on a whole? Because life is way too stressful? Could this be the answer to our ongoing memory issues, that it has nothing to do with getting older? Or just another scapegoat? :)
I want to hear more about the 24-hour massage chairs and the waffle bar. YUM.
See, this is why I have escaped into trashy romance novels and the NCIS netflix queue for years. (I'm much too private to sit in one of those public massage chairs at the mall.....I'm afraid I'd fall asleep and start drooling for all to see!)
Yes indeedy. We gotta have somethin'. Scapegoat or not, stress is a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad thing.
I personally think E will enjoy the chairs more than I do. I could get poked in the ticklish spots.... but the waffle bar is a joy. Apparently I've got quite a thing for fruity pie filling....
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