USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports

Two leading specialist military papers, the Navy Times and Stars and Stripes, are reporting that there have been multiple attempts by sailors to jump overboard as poor conditions and mental stresses on the Lincoln reach the breaking point. The crew is in its ninth month at sea, and has spent 250 days consecutively without making land – a record for an aircraft carrier in modern times...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/12/uss-abraham-lincoln-overboard-extended-deployment

 

Stress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9XTNcneynw

These 10 states are home to the most stressed out people in the U.S.

I think they're all red states.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/19/wallethub-most-stressed-states-us.html

How poverty and racism 'weather' the body, accelerating aging and disease (Dave Davies; Fresh Air podcast)

In 2020, the overall life expectancy in the U.S. dropped by 1.5 years, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the reduction wasn't shared equally among the general population; Native American people lost an average of 4.5 years of life expectancy; Black and Hispanic people lost, on average, 3 years, while white people lost only 1.2 years.

This figure tracks with other health trends: In general, Black and Hispanic people and those living in poverty in the U.S. have worse health outcomes — more high blood pressure, higher rates of diabetes and increased maternal and infant mortality — than the overall population.

Public health researcher Arline Geronimus from the University of Michigan says the traditional belief that the disparities are due to genetics, diet and exercise don't explain data that's accumulated over the years. Instead, she makes the case that marginalized people suffer nearly constant stress from living with poverty and discrimination, which damages their bodies at the cellular level and leads to increasingly serious health problems over time.
Interview: 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/28/1166404485/weathering-arline-geronimus-poverty-racism-stress-health

Opinion | Is America Really in a Mental Health Crisis? - The New York Times

"Solving the mental health crisis, then, will require fighting for people to have secure access to things that buffer them from chronic stress: housing, food security, education, child care, job security, the right to organize for more humane workplaces and substantive action on the imminent climate apocalypse.

A fight for mental health waged only on the terms of access to psychiatric care does not only risk bolstering justifications for profiteering invoked by start-ups eager to capitalize on the widespread effects of grief, anxiety and despair. It also risks pathologizing the very emotions we are going to need to harness for their political power to get real solutions." 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/opinion/us-mental-health-politics.html

AOC rips into GOP witness who tried to defend Texas' six-week abortion ban.

"…You are in so much shock that what happened to you, sometimes it takes years to realize what actually went on. So this idea that victims know in the two weeks that they might be late for their period? I'm a buck-15. I'm 115 pounds, you look at me funny, I'm two weeks late for my period. And you're expecting me to know that I'm pregnant? Or the stress of a sexual assault. That makes you two weeks late for your period, whether you're pregnant or not…"
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/09/aoc-texas-abortion-ban-hearing.html

Millennials are buckling under all kinds of debt, and they’re freaking out - Business Insider

Millennials are stressed about all kinds of debt. Millennials are more stressed about their debt than other generations, a new survey from Insider and Morning Consult has found. They're most stressed about their student loan debt and credit card debt. ....
https://www.businessinsider.com/millennials-debt-stressed-generation-2019-10

The terrible stress of shopping with kids while black - The Washington Post: Perspective

It doesn't matter that he still plays with toys and watches cartoons — he is black.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/06/20/anxiety-shopping-with-kids-while-black/

Farmers in deep trouble as extreme weather pummels Midwest - The Washington Post

A historically delayed planting season is causing an amount of stress and angst in farm country that "cannot be overstated."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/05/30/extreme-weather-is-pummeling-midwest-farmers-are-deep-trouble

For Cops, Stress May Be the Biggest Danger. This City Is Trying New Ways to Improve Their Mental Health - Mother Jones

On the dimly lit second floor of Stockton, California's police headquarters, Lieutenant Brad Burrell addressed a room full of recent cadets: "Please come into this with a very open mind," he told the seated officers, who had just signed up to patrol one of America's most dangerous cities...
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2019/02/stockton-wellness-network-police-force-suicides/

National air traffic controller union leader: 'Stressed' workers ‘making mistakes’ amid shutdown - The Hill

The leader of the national air traffic controllers' union is warning that the partial government shutdown could force "stressed out" air traffic controllers to make mistakes putting passenger safety at risk...
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/aviation/426914-national-air-traffic-union-leader-controllers-stressed-making

A Surprisingly Simple Way to Reduce the Risk of Being Pregnant While Black - Mother Jones

At the end of a long day in January 2011, Brittney Bruster, 28 years old and eight months pregnant, lay down on her sofa to rest. A few minutes later, she was swept by a wave of nausea, followed by a mighty urge to push. She called 911, but "by the time they got there,"...
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/08/simple-way-reduce-risk-black-pregnancy-premature-birth/

Extreme stress in childhood is toxic to your DNA - The Conversation US

Separating children from their parents is not just a psychological stress, it's a DNA stress. Scientific research shows that early life stress may have irreversible effects on how DNA works in the cells of the body. ....
https://theconversation.com/extreme-stress-in-childhood-is-toxic-to-your-dna-99009

Amazon warehouse workers skip bathroom breaks to keep their jobs, says report - The Verge

In the UK, an undercover reporter and a labor survey exposed harrowing work conditions ....
https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17243026/amazon-warehouse-jobs-worker-conditions-bathroom-breaks

The Best Shows on Netflix for Turning Off Your Brain - VICE

Netflix and chill your existential dread. ....
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/ne93x8/netflix-shows-stressed-anxiety-chill

Federal workers spill on life in Trump’s Washington - POLITICO

From marital strife to high anxiety, civil servants reveal how the Trump administration has changed agency life. ....
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/30/trump-washington-civil-servants-492347

Fidget spinner releasing stress - funny

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/7x3c7n/fidget_spinner_releasing_stress/

Stop Blaming Black Women for the Maternal Health Crisis. Start Blaming American Workplaces. -- Slate

When she was 19, Cherisse Scott lost her baby. The pregnancy was unplanned, but there was no doubt in her mind that she would have the baby. She laid awake at night worrying about raising a child alone, keeping up at work, and hopefully finishing college someday. .....
https://slate.com/life/2018/01/start-blaming-american-workplaces-for-the-black-maternal-health-crisis.html

Stress related to racism is linked to infant mortality among black babies

Black women endure racism-related stress which has an impact on infant health and development.....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/9/1704778/-Stress-related-to-racism-is-linked-to-infant-mortality-among-black-babies

One-third of dementia cases could be prevented, report says - CBS News

One-third of cases of dementia worldwide could potentially be prevented through better management of lifestyle factors such as smoking, hypertension, depression, and hearing loss over the course of a lifetime, according to a new report....
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-third-of-dementia-cases-could-be-prevented-alzheimers-report/