I see the ideal way for a PWP is similar to life in a monastery. Simple, undemanding, non-arousing (as Joop said). No worries about money or anything. And the earlier in the progression the better. It would save the system money.

The appeal of that approach is telling. That is not a prescription that a person wrestling with motor problems would find attractive, but it is one that a person who had been drug through the modern day stress machine would.

To get back on topic, this is from the link to Bruce McEwen's article at http://www.naturalhealthweb.com/articles/McEwen.html

"Chronic Stress Response - Too Much of a Good Thing!

The way our bodies work presents us with a paradox: what can protect can also damage. This is called "allostatic load." It's the price the body has to pay for either doing its job less efficiently or simply being overwhelmed by too many challenges.1

For our metabolism, the overactivity of the ANS <autonomic nervous system> and increased cortisol secretion produce elevated levels of sugar in the blood ("hyperglycemia"). As little as a week of inadequate sleep, say 75% of normal, can raise evening levels of blood sugar. If prolonged, what can result is a rise of insulin, the hormone manufactured by the pancreas to control sugar metabolism. If this situation goes on for a long time, continued hyperactivity of the ANS and elevated cortisol will lead the body down the path to type 2 diabetes. Elevated levels of cortisol, as in depressive illness, are also linked to gradual demineralization of bone.

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While acute stress actually improves our brain's attention and increases our capacity to store important and life-protecting information, for example, a source of danger, chronic stress dampens our ability to keep track of information and places. Chronic stress does this by impairing excitability of nerve cells and by promoting atrophy of nerve cells in the hippocampus, a region of the brain that is important for spatial and verbal memory."