TED Talks Summary - "How To Make Stress Your Friend"

Kelly McGoncial

  1. Research Study 
    1. showed that those who believed stress was harmful were 43% more likely to die.
    2. Those with the lowest risk, were not the ones who didn't experience stress, but those who didn't believe stress was harmful.
  2. Change mind -> changes body's response
  3. Stress as harmful mindset
    1. Interpret sweat & heart rate increase as harmful 
      1. causes blood vessels to constrict.
        1. causes high blood pressure
          1. causes heart disease
  4. If view stress as body preparing you to help rise to the challenge
    1. blood vessels stayed relaxed
  5. Oxytocin
    1. released in hugs -> stress resilience -> human connection
    2. neurohormone -> strengthens empathy, physical contact
    3. stress response -> nudging you to tell how you feel to others who care about you.
    4. anti-inflamatory
      1. helps heart cells regenerate, strengthens your heart
    5. Enhanced under social support
  6. Social
    1. People who cared for others created resilience
    2. You can trust yourself to handle life's challenges and you don't have to face them alone.

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  1. MikeOctober 1, 2024 at 8:17 AM

    I was just randomly roaming on the blog and saw this. Thank you!

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