Client: New Pharmacist Magazine
Subject: Stress in Aging
Stress is a real emotion. Suppressing or ignoring an intense emotion rather than figure it out could be dangerous. But why ignore an emotion that has evolved over thousands of years? Emotions serve a purpose, informing you, the operator of your body, what to do. We're constantly faced with an abundance of information that we must process--a lot of stimulation to reflect upon. You do not have time to process all information in a reflective fashion but your brain processes it passively and unconsciously. If your brain comes across something it appraises as a "red flag," you'll be sent a general, vague alert in the form of the feelings and thoughts that are created by an emotion.
