Don t play this piece fast. It is never right to play ragtime fast. -- Scott Joplin When I'm dead twenty-five years, people are going to begin to recognize me. -- Scott Joplin Let me see you do the 'rag time dance'... Turn left and do the 'Cake walk prance'... Turn the other way and do the 'Slow drag'... Now take your lady to the world's fair (...) And do the 'rag time dance.'  -- Scott Joplin Because it has such a ragged movement.
When the stress response is ongoing other minerals can actually build up in the body, such as potassium, sodium and phosphorous. This is due to a change in intestinal absorption (since digestion takes a back seat when we are in fight-or-flight mode) and re-absorption by the kidneys of these elements.
As adrenaline and cortisol levels drop, your heart rate and blood pressure return to baseline levels, and other systems resume their regular activities. But when stressors are always present and you constantly feel under attack, that fight-or-flight reaction stays turned on. The long-term activation of the stress-response system â and the subsequent overexposure to cortisol and other stress hormones â can disrupt almost all your body's processes. This puts you at increased risk of numerous health problems, including: