r/MadeMeSmile Feb 21 '25

Good Vibes : )

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u/beccyboop95 Feb 21 '25

Obama looks younger now than he did when he left office; that amount of stress must be horrific for you

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u/digi-artifex Feb 21 '25 edited Feb 21 '25

The last moment of his presidency, the mic drop moment... You can see all kinds of stress wrinkles in his face. His forehead and eyes, jowls, cheeks and mouth.... Stress is a silent killer.

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u/SparksAndSpyro Feb 21 '25

Off topic, but when people say “stress,” what do they mean physically? Is it like, chronic inflammation? There has to be a physical aspect to it in order to affect people’s bodies, right?

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u/icecubepal Feb 21 '25

A good example is someone in a management position at a job. You get paid more, but it is more stressful.

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u/digi-artifex Feb 21 '25

Check a picture of a family member that started a business 5 years ago and see how they look like an entirely different person based on the type of job they've started in on a top position. The worst part of this type of stress is that in an auto-perspective sort of way you are the last to notice these changes. Most of the time other people have to point out that your hair has gone gray before you actually notice it, for example.