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-Meredith Kooi
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a doctor’s explanation i may or may not have heard

You know, stress isn’t good for you.

You should really try to eliminate that from your life.

Stress is bad.

It can make you sick.

Really fuck up your insides.

You know, your immmuuuunnnne system.

That’s where all the little warriors are.

Inside your blood.

They wait around.

Get ready.

Train a little bit.

And then

BAM

They go on the attack when called.

Someone deep inside your genes calls them.

I don’t know exactly who it is.

But he’s up there.

When you’re stressed,

See,

the guy in your genes, gets called on a lot.

He sets all those little warriors out to battle.

Even though you don’t really need them around all the time.

That’s when they get bored

Or confused

Or something

And then

BAM

they start attacking you.

Not the germy secret agents.

But you.

Yeah, you.

Yeah.  That’s what stress does.

So, you know,

You should eliminate it.

Get rid of it.

Think of something poooosssitttiiivvv.

Yeah, positive.

Try that. 

found image of germs!

2 years ago on March 15th, 2010 at 9:02 pm | Permalink