Stress is Silently Destroying Your Heart | Future IQ

💬 Join Our WhatsApp Community: http://tapthe.link/futureiqwa Getting angry for just a few minutes can double your risk of a heart attack. Stress is not just “mental pressure”, it changes your blood pressure, thickens your blood, damages arteries, and quietly forces your heart into overdrive. The dangerous part? Most people feel completely normal while this damage builds up silently for years. From road rage and deadlines to heartbreak, competition, grief and anxiety,  modern life keeps the body stuck in fight or flight mode. And your heart pays the price for it. Why does stress trigger heart attacks? Why can even extreme happiness shock the heart? And what simple habits actually help protect it before it’s too late? Videos you may like / referenced in today’s episode: Stress Will Literally Kill You: https://youtu.be/GYuh6Hhdaec The Human Brain is Getting Dumber Online: https://youtu.be/ftSJN9R-IY4 Do hit us up on Twitter: @ngkabra http://twitter.com/ngkabra @shrikant https://twitter.com/shrikant Listen it on the podcast provider of your choice: https://tapthe.link/FutureIQRSS Follow FutureIQ on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefutureiq/ Source / References: https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/cardiomyopathy/what-is-cardiomyopathy-in-adults/is-broken-heart-syndrome-real https://pure.johnshopkins.edu/en/publications/twenty-year-trends-and-sex-differences-in-young-adults-hospitaliz/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0707427 Sympathetic Nervous System: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sympathetic_nervous_system Parasympathetic Nervous System: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasympathetic_nervous_system 00:00 Heart Disease Stats 01:05 Biology of the Heart 01:48 SNS vs PNS Systems 04:01 How Stress Impacts the Heart 05:39 Chronic Stress Damages Blood Vessels 07:04 Inflammation and Plaque Buildup 08:31 Blood Viscosity and Clotting 10:04 Plaque Dislodgement and Strokes 11:25 Left Ventricular Hypertrophy 12:45 Exercise vs Chronic Stress 14:04 Modern Triggers & Lack of Recovery 15:39 Stress-Prone Personalities and Hierarchy 17:21 Extreme Joy and Broken Heart Syndrome 19:08 How to Protect Your Heart 21:11 Improving Vascular Health 23:51 Key Takeaway: Stress is Physical #futureiq