Stress is craziness, tension, pressure and feeling very overwhelmed all at once as your heat beat pounds faster with every worry. Being time for the semester to start back up I’m sure everyone is getting prepared for the stress levels to raise.
But what if this semester we don’t let the stress affect us in a bad way? There are different ways to look at stress. Study shows it isn’t stress that kills people, it’s the belief that stress is harmful. Reshaping how you think about stress can reshape your body’s response.
Kelly McGonigal, challenged the conventional view that stress is bad in her TED Talk, “How to Make Stress Your Friend.” When you change your mind about stress you can change how your body reacts. We need to learn to embrace that feeling of being overwhelmed and use it to our advantage, if we think stress is bad for our health, it will be. The mind set makes a difference.
When things get crazy this semester just try to remember what that feeling can do for you. I get more work done when I’m stressed because being on a time crunch which makes me finally stop protonating and get everything done.
When you view the stress response as helpful, you will become less stressed, and more confident. The next time your stress levels are rising, think about it as your body preparing you for the challenge, and get prepared to face it head on.
