Inthe1960s,medicalresearchersThomasHolmesandRichardRahedevelopedachecklistofstressfulevents.Theyappreciatedthetrickypointthatanymajorchangecanbestressful.Badeventslike“seriousillnessofafamilymember”werehighonthelist,butsoweresomehelpfullifechangingeventslikemarriage.WhenyoutaketheHolmesRaheyoumustrememberthatthescoredoesnotshowhowyoudealwithstress—itonlyshowshowmuchyouhavetodealwith.Andwenowknowthatthewayyoudealwiththeseeventsdramaticallyaffectsyourchancesofstayinghealthy.Bytheearly1970s,hundredsofsimilarstudieshadfollowedHolmesandRahe.AndmillionsofAmericanswhoworkandliveunderstressworriedoverthereports.Somehowtheresearchgotboileddowntoamemorablemessage.Women’smagazinesranheadlineslike“Stresscausesillness.”Ifyouwanttostayphysicallyandmentallyhealthy,thearticlessaid,avoidstressfulevents.Butsuchsimplisticadviceisimpossibletofollow.Evenifstressfuleventsaredangerous,many-likethedeathoflovedone-areimpossibletoavoid.Moreover,anywarningtoavoidallstressfuleventsisaprescriptionforstayingawayfromchancesaswellastrouble.Sinceanychangecanbestressful,apersonwhowantedtobecompletelyfreeofstresswouldnevermarry,haveachild,takeanewjobormove.Theideathatallstressmakesyousickalsotakesnonoticeofalotofwhatweknowaboutpeople.Itsupposeswe'reallvulnerable(脆弱的)andnotactiveinthefaceofthedifficultsituation.Butwhatabouthumanabilityandcreativity?Manycomethroughperiodsofstresswithmorephysicalandmentalstrengththantheyhadbefore.Wealsoknowthatalongtimewithoutchangeorchallengecanleadtoboredomandphysicalandmentalstrain.Whyis“suchsimplisticadvice”(Line1,Para.3)impossibletofollow?()
A. Noonecanstayonthesamejobforlong
B. Noprescriptioniseffectiveinrelievingstress
C. Peoplehavetogetmarriedsomeday
D. Youshouldbemissingopportunitiesaswell