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Stress is causing a major havoc in many people’s life. Stress is an undesirable commodity since it is not going to benefit your health by any means. You need to reduce stress for longevity. This might lead to a better health, allowing an individual to live longer. Sometimes, it is also possible that having more money can cause stress. Stress could also happen due to emotional and psychological issues in life. Having more money leads to less stress.

Reasons for stress

Research suggests that people who have a higher stand on the social and economic food chain have longer lives. Moreover, many researchers have started to reject theories that explain the difference that those with more money can afford better lives. This is turn, leads to having a better housing, food and health care. Today, many people are experiencing psychological stress.

On one hand, people from lower category have less access to health care. They have to wait for hours in the hospital than being rushed in case of emergency situations. One does not pay money just for medical care, but also for one’s social and economic position. This directly affects susceptibility to the number of diseases, and in turn the length of lives.

According to some studies, the richer lived longer and more rich a person was, longer he lived. More importantly it should be noted that the relative wealth or success that the rich enjoyed. In the United States, rich states have twice the wealth as other states, but they don’t have a better health. However, within each state, the richest people seemed to live longer than the poor people.

According to another study, Academy Award winners live almost four years longer than actors who were nominated for an award but who failed to make it.

One key factor in why the rich live longer theory is that how so we feel about the social and economic status. It has a greater impact on health. It does happen that people at the top of the socioeconomic ladder suffer the minimum since they are wealthy. This holds true not just for mortality, but also for all and more for a handful of diseases. The diseases can be those which cannot be prevented, treated or cured.

The argument is not about how people feel, but about what their lives are like. No one wants to admit their ability to choose how they feel. They want to limit their personal responsibility on external influence in lives. Creating reality helps us to establish what is truly worthwhile. It also helps us to know what does not depend on luck of the draw and what depends on the qualities over which we have free will. We can choose compassion, love, thoughtfulness and consideration, and become happy and content in life. Compassion can be chosen by anyone and everyone. On the other hand, if we choose money or the number of business deals, then the person is clearly born with wealth.