People who experienced a lot of stress in the previous year had a 43 percent increased risk of dying. But that was only true for the people who also believed that stress is harmful for your health. People who experienced a lot of stress but did not view stress as harmful were no more likely to die. In fact, they had the lowest risk of dying of anyone in the study, including people who had relatively little stress. How you think about stress matters! For every major stressful life experience, like financial difficulties or family crisis, that increased the risk of dying by 30 percent. But that wasnt true for everyone. People who spent time caring for others showed absolutely no stress-related increase in dying. Zero. Caring created resilience. And so we see once again that the harmful effects of stress on your health are not inevitable. How you think and how you act can transform your experience of stress. When you choose to view your stress response as helpful, you create the biology of courage. And when you choose to connect with others under stress, you can create resilience. https://youtube/watch?v=RcGyVTAoXEU
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 14:02:40 +0000
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