{"id":526231,"date":"2026-03-10T06:41:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/526231\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T06:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T06:41:15","slug":"study-finds-stressful-people-take-years-off-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/526231\/","title":{"rendered":"Study finds stressful people take years off your life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-weight-bold\">Professor of Biochemistry at the School of Immunology, Trinity College, Luke O\u2019Neill told Pat Kenny how stress is the silent killer in our modern lives. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach extra hassler makes you lose nine months of your life\u201d, Professor Luke O\u2019Neill explained on the <a href=\"https:\/\/link.goloudplayer.com\/s\/pGsmYaVwvmZe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pat Kenny Show <\/a>on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>He explained how people who cause others stress can actively cause DNA damage and effectively precipitate aging.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An American study of two and a half thousand people found that the people who give you grief literally shorten your life by nine months on average per hassler.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA hassler is someone who\u2019s often hassling you, irritating you or maybe criticizing or excluding you\u201d, Luke O\u2019Neill told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newstalk.com\/podcasts\/highlights-from-the-pat-kenny-show\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newstalk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we age our DNA gets stained so if a 60 year-old-man has the number of marks that would be associated with being a 70-year-old it means your biological age is 70.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe marks in your DNA cause inflammation in your body due to factors like smoking, lack of exercise which speed up the ageing process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2127072\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2H2KWE8.jpg\" alt=\"Artwork of DNA\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/> Artwork of DNA. Picture by: Science Photo Library.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the damage could be reversed with lifestyle changes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you get rid of the hasslers from your life, your ageing process slows down a bit\u201d, he proposed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they&#8217;ve caused trouble before, don\u2019t meet that person if you can avoid it. It\u2019s harder to do when they\u2019re your family but the more stressed you are the quicker you age.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s partly due to cortisol which seems to increase the rate at which you age.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The report found that 10% of spouses are defined as hasslers and 5% of grandparents are.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Siblings are also a big group designed as hasslers by the study.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s suggested to reverse those effects after someone has bothered you, you can go out, have a jog, run or even go to the gym\u201d, Prof. O\u2019Neill advised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cIt releases things in your body but it doesn\u2019t necessarily remove the stain entirely.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have illnesses caused by trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Main Image: Workplace Bullying. 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