# Why Prolonged Psychological Stress Can Make Primates Sick

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2121450853513232840
- Source account: [@Bitturing](https://x.com/Bitturing)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:15
- Published: 2026-11-15
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PgF5qPsMTGia/en/why-prolonged-psychological-stress-can-make-primates-sick

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PgF5qPsMTGia/en/why-prolonged-psychological-stress-can-make-primates-sick) And we're capable of doing this, like, for months, years on end, and that's not what the system evolved for.

[0:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/PgF5qPsMTGia/en/why-prolonged-psychological-stress-can-make-primates-sick?t=8) And that's why us and a few other primates are smart enough to get sick from psychological stress.