{"id":2764,"date":"2025-06-04T14:06:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/traffic-jams-stress-brits-out\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T14:06:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T14:06:23","slug":"traffic-jams-stress-brits-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/04\/traffic-jams-stress-brits-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic jams stress Brits out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-06-04 14:06:22<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Getting stuck in traffic drives people mad.<BR><br \/>\nA new poll has revealed that being stuck on gridlocked roads is the top &#8216;micro-stress&#8217; for Brits as 53 per cent get frustrated in traffic.<BR><br \/>\nOther micro-stresses include a bin bag breaking when you are attempting to take it out (42 per cent), losing your keys (33 per cent) and other people walking slowly (33 per cent).<BR><br \/>\nPsychologist Dr. Becky Spelman said: &#8220;Repeated minor stressors can lead to the same physiological and emotional exhaustion as a single major stressor.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;They interfere with our focus, elevate cortisol levels, and can even alter how we respond to bigger challenges. Our brains are not wired for constant low-level friction.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nThe study, conducted by the calming drinks brand TRIP, suggests that Brits suffer from increased blood pressure due to stress for up to two hours per day.<BR><br \/>\nThe top 10 micro-stresses are:<BR><br \/>\n1. Stuck in traffic ( 53 per cent)<BR><br \/>\n2. Bin bag breaks as you take it out (42 per cent)<BR><br \/>\n3. Losing your keys (33 per cent)<BR><br \/>\n4. People who walk slowly (33 per cent)<BR><br \/>\n5. House is a tip (32 per cent)<BR><br \/>\n6. Spill something on your carpet (30 per cent)<BR><br \/>\n7. Misplacing your mobile (28 per cent)<BR><br \/>\n8. Wi-fi buffering when watching a show (27 per cent)<BR><br \/>\n9. Forgetting to change phone overnight (27 per cent)<BR><br \/>\n10. Losing the TV remote (26 per cent)<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-06-04 14:06:22 Getting stuck in traffic drives people mad. A new poll has revealed that being stuck on gridlocked roads is the top &#8216;micro-stress&#8217; for Brits as 53 per cent&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2766,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2764\/revisions\/2766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}