The warning: Stress could be the real silent killer
Dr Vora says people often fear cigarettes and alcohol, but overlook something far more common. “Alcohol and cigarettes will not kill you. What will kill you is stress,” he says, calling stress a full-body attack rather than a simple mental burden.
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He explains that the body reacts instantly when pressure builds up. “Your body releases cortisol and adrenaline, that’s stress, when you feel bogged down, low, and drained.”
According to him, stress shows up in subtle signs that most people ignore — back pain, headaches, stiff shoulders, jaw grinding, and muscle knots. These are the body’s signals that something is not right.
Why stress affects your whole body
Dr Vora says stress works like an invisible weight people carry daily. “It’s a full-body reaction,” he explains, highlighting how continuous pressure forces the body to stay tense for long periods.
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This tension, he says, builds up slowly and affects quality of life, especially when people dismiss it as routine tiredness.
How sleep protects your body from stress
The surgeon warns that the danger becomes worse when people sleep less. “Without deeply restorative sleep, your body never gets the chance to fully restore,” he cautions.
He explains that skipping proper rest creates a cycle of exhaustion. “Skipping those 7 to 8 hours means you’re carrying yesterday’s tension into today and adding today’s pressure on top of it. Day after day, it compounds.”
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Sleep, he says, works like the body’s natural reset button. “Deep restorative sleep is your body’s only real reset. That’s when stress hormones drop, muscles finally relax, and tissues repair themselves. You realise it’s not just in the mind but also impacts the body.”
Dr Vora’s message is simple but sharp: people may fear vices like smoking or drinking, but the habit that could really harm them is pretending they are not stressed. He says the body keeps score — and sleep, rest, and awareness are the only ways to hit reset before damage builds up.
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