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Daniel López Rosetti: Today’s stress has more to do with life philosophy than anxiety medication
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- Cardiologist Daniel López Rosetti said chronic stress can contribute to low-grade inflammation and argued that people should learn to avoid unnecessary emotional battles.
- He recommended combining philosophical tools with medical care and cited the World Health Organization’s target of 150 minutes of aerobic activity per week.
- López Rosetti said exercise can improve diagnosed depression over four to eight weeks, while temporary sadness may respond within days.
“What stresses you today probably should not stress you,” cardiologist Daniel López Rosetti told LA NACION, arguing that personal well-being depends less on competing with others than on changing one’s own perception.
There is no need to be better than others, but better than yesterday; the competition is with oneself.
His advice is direct: the competition should be with oneself, not with other people. López Rosetti said chronic stress produces what he calls “low-grade inflammation,” describing it as something like an internal bruise spread throughout the body. A more stoic way of facing daily frustrations, he said, can help reduce that pro-inflammatory state.
“The day is a fishing line with many hooks. A stressed person specializes in swallowing them; a person who manages stress avoids the hooks,” he said. For López Rosetti, medicine should not stop at prescribing drugs. It should also provide tools for understanding reality and deciding which problems deserve an emotional response.
The day is a fishing line with many hooks. A stressed person specializes in swallowing them; a person who manages stress avoids the hooks.
“What stresses you today probably should not stress you. And dealing with that reality so it does not stress you surely has more to do with a philosophy of life than with an anxiety medication,” he said.
What stresses you today probably should not stress you. And dealing with that reality so it does not stress you surely has more to do with a philosophy of life than with an anxiety medication.
He also described physical exercise as a first-line clinical tool. Aerobic activity, such as brisk walking or jogging, and strength training can help address discouragement and depression. The World Health Organization recommends 150 minutes of aerobic activity each week, equivalent to 30 minutes of walking on five days. For diagnosed depression, López Rosetti said benefits generally consolidate after four to eight weeks of biological adaptation. Temporary sadness or frustration can respond much faster, he said, because “movement is medicine.” The doctor, who continues to work in public health, also emphasized teaching and direct contact with patients as ways to renew his vocation and keep care focused on the person, not only the disease.
Movement is medicine.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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