Worry Yourself To Death...


	Worry Yourself To Death...

fewstingscorpio

8-19-2009 2:42 PM

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psychology, anxiety, worry, mortality, neuroticism, stress, smoking, depression

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The other 60 percent is unexplained, but possibly attributed to biological factors or other environmental issues that neurotic individuals experience, Mroczek said.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/08/19/worry-yourself-to-death/7843.html

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8-19-2009 8:54 PM

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