De-stressing in the city that never sleeps

Embracing the city night life in Carnival Village, Port-of-Spain

According to the article ‘Stressed in the City: How City Life May Change Your Brain,’ city life may cause increased levels of stress which was revealed after conducting multiple tests on the brains of city dwellers. The article stated that persons currently living in the city showed higher activity in the amygdala; the brain region that regulates emotions such as anxiety. City dwellers therefore have to balance the high-energy hum of city activity with more downtime. These results suggest the need to keep things in balance “so after a period of working hard, you balance that with a period of off-time as well.” This is illustrated in the picture above. Most of these persons would have worked hard on their jobs during the day and to relieve that overbearing level of stress, they come alive at night. 

The lifestyle in the city even in the night seems to be fast-paced with people wanting to relieve stress from a hard day at work to young adults experimenting with the fun side of city life. As depicted in the picture above, persons of all ages assemble by the hundreds at night in the Carnival Village in the heart of Port of Spain, at Carnival time. The stress of work was alleviated as some older folks were seen drinking at one of the stalls, while the younger teenagers paraded with gigantic helium balloons, accompanied by their parents taking in the live show, with corn soup in hand.

Indeed, Port-of-Spain is the city that never sleeps! There seems to be no age barrier when it comes to night life as every age is catered for. From night clubs to theatres, no person is excluded. The fatigue of persons during the day is counteracted by the pull of the nightlife, reviving city dwellers yet again.

For further reading follow the link below
http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/22/stressed-in-the-city-how-urban-life-may-change-your-brain/#ixzz2u5ktsjRi

References

Stressed in the City: How Urban Life May Change Your Brain. (2011). Retrieved March 30, 2014, from http://healthland.time.com/2011/06/22/stressed-in-the-city-how-urban-life-may-change-your-brain/#ixzz2u5ktsjRi.