Imagine stress as a person. A palpitating, nervous, unhappy person. It comes to you and says, ‘hello, I am stress, let’s hang out together’. What do you do? Do you run away? Or do you shake hands and say, ‘yes my friend, let’s go for a walk and maybe I can tell you a joke and cheer you up a bit?’
A lot depends on how you react to stress. Stress is not stress, until you let it be stress. Confused? Well, read on...
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Research from the Stanford Department of Psychology suggests, “People who reported high levels of stress but who did not view their stress as harmful had the lowest risk of death. Even lower than those who reported experiencing very little stress."
Stress doesn’t allow you to be over-confident
It’s like the hare and the tortoise story. The hare wasn’t stressed about the race and was way too over-confident. On the other hand, the tortoise took the stress in a positive way, strove hard to be steady, and therefore, won the race. That slight nervousness is better than not caring about the assignment at all.
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Moderate amounts of stress can strengthen your immunity
We should thank stress for increasing our immunity. As it turns out, when stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline are released, our heartbeats and blood pressure rise, which then leads to blood sugar levels pumping in more energy, which helps us perform better.
It can make you resilient
If you’re repeatedly going through stressful situations with a strong mental game, then it will make your physical and psychological sense of control stronger.
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It motivates you to succeed
Imagine that you have a deadline. If you’re a responsible person, you would look forward to finishing your work productively and within the time frame. This is how you change stress into ‘eustress’ and not ‘distress’. It would be great to accept that you have faced a difficult situation, worked through it and passed with flying colours.
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