How to make stress your friend | Kelly McGonigal
Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad...
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I have a confession to make.But first, I want you to make a little confession to me.In the past year, I want you to just raise your handif you've experienced relatively little stress.Anyone?How about a moderate amount of stress?Who has experienced a lot of stress?Yeah. Me too.But that is not my confession.My confession is this:I am a health psychologist,and my mission is to help people be happier and healthier.But I fear that something I've been teachingfor the last 10 years is doing more harm than good,and it has to do with stress.For years I've been telling people, stress makes you sick.It increases the risk of everything from the common coldto cardiovascular disease.Basically, I've turned stress into the enemy.But I have changed my m...
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I have a confession to make.But first, I want you to make a little confession to me.In the past year, I want you to just raise your handif you've experienced relatively little stress.Anyone?How about a moderate amount of stress?Who has experienced a lot of stress?Yeah. Me too.But that is not my confession.My confession is this:I am a health psychologist,and my mission is to help people be happier and healthier.But I fear that something I've been teachingfor the last 10 years is doing more harm than good,and it has to do with stress.For years I've been telling people, stress makes you sick.It increases the risk of everything from the common coldto cardiovascular disease.Basically, I've turned stress into the enemy.But I have changed my m...
