The Role of Stressors and Thrillers A heightened state of arousal is a state of stress. It is a state that requires constant vigilance in order to defend the right to live which is, if nothing else, the evolutionary biological prime directive. Unfortunately, one of the more pervasive aspects of stress within the individual and society at large is denial. This is, in part, because stress is easily misunderstood. That may sound strange, but the fact is, stress impacts everyone, as I said before, yet it is often unrecognized and more often ignored.
Stress leads an attack on the immune system.
A stressful event is often followed by a simple cold or flu. This is not a coincidence. Let stress accumulate over a long period of time and there is nothing simple about the kinds of diseases that have been linked to immune system failures. Ignore it, deny it, and almost every undesirable woe seems to have some connection with doing so. Stressors may summate where the total sum of stressors lead to a suppression of the immune and endocrine system.