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In 2015, Nasa sent Scott Kelly to space and left Mark Kelly, his twin brother, on Earth. The experiment helped them determine that, due to the lack of stress on the skeleton, a person loses ~1% of their bone density after one month in space. For comparison, an average person aged 65 and older loses that 1% over the course of a year.
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Positive stress can be referred to as eustress, while negative stress can be referred to as distress. However, things are not quite as black-and-white as they seem.
When we are faced with stress, we may either react with a threat response, ...
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A 40-year-long study shows that people who experienced a moderate (4-7) amount of traumatic events rated their life satisfaction the highest.
One may conclude that stressful events alone are not enough to deteriorate us and the meaning we assign to those events matters.
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Why do our bodies sometimes react in certain situations with a threat response (fight or flight) and in others with a challenge response?
It seems to boil down to our inner belief of being able to handle the situation or not. If we think we can deal with it - challenge res...
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