Originally Posted by
doober
I read a portion of a post by star_world that prompted me to post something I've been thinking about for a while.
An interesting study would be to chart blood pressures of frequent flyers to see if there are significant (or even insignificant) increases in BP while going through security checkpoints and interacting with screeners.
Anxiety-related HPB can be very harmful if it is on-going and happens frequently.
I would think that normal, well adjusted people wouldn't be bothered at all by TSA. It's pretty clear what you have to do. The TSS forum here is a slanted sample and I'm guessing some people would have their blood pressure impacted. You could also dress non-TSA people up in TSA uniforms and the same would happen. Getting stressed about things often is a matter of your mindset going in to things.