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Sapolsky's Why Zebra’s Don’t Get Ulcers: a charming tour of stress science

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Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, by Robert M Sapolsky, 412
publisher
Times Books
year
2004
page
412 (3rd ed edition)

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If something bad is happening and our attempts to cope are not working, one of our most common responses is to, well, go back in there and just try twice as hard to cope in the usual way. Although that sometimes does the trick, that’s rare. During times of stress, finding the resources to try something new is really hard and is often just what’s needed.

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