We, as a species are pretty stressed out. Especially lately. Many of us strive to have a stress free life however, this isn't really what you or anyone else want.A life without stress would also be a life without meaning. But, it would also be a life without joy, health, reward and challenge.&nbsp;Let me explain why.

Stress Gets a Bad Wrap, However...

<ol><li>Distress</li></ol>When people talk about wanting a stress free life what they are really saying is they want to remove negative stress, otherwise known as Distress.2. EustressWhen you're training to run a marathon, learning a new skill, practicing a hobby you really love. This is the stress you encounter. It's the stress you want. Eustress, simple put is what makes life interesting.

First: The 2 Type of stress

Your brain needs challenge. Otherwise known as stressorsWhen you're approaching a new skill your brain sees that as a stress event. Not know what your doing cause uncertainty which is highly stressful.THIS IS GOODAn unchallenged mind will behave just like an unchallenged muscle. Weak, slow, UncoordinatedThe path to power, is through embracing challenge.&nbsp;For me personally when things get hard I let to think to myself, "This is making me stronger."&nbsp;This helps, Hardship has pretty much become a game for me.When facing stressful situations, I can feel myself getting excited.

Second: The Mind

Your body needs this.I know it's a cliche but your body thrives off stress. Setting on a coach cause basically 0 stress. Yet, bench presses, squats, running cause a ton.Maybe a more interesting exampleAstronauts in space lose as much as 1% bone density per month. 12x more than a senior citizen. This because being takes the stress off your bone weakening them significantly.

Third: The body

Possibly the best thing you can do for yourself is to learn to lean into stressful situations. When your personal relationship/friendships get hard, the strength to make the stressful decision is what improves future relations. When tempted by Netflix, spending the weekend covered in cheetoh dust while your apartment slowly degrades; Having the stregnth to make the Stressful Decision to dust the cheetoh dust off and go to gym is the choice that improves your life.

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Is stress good for you? Even better than good for you might stress be the thing that makes you stronger both mentally and physically? Music Lemming - encounter (BGM) https://youtu.be/xdwWCl_5x2s Curious tangents 3 by Falland music https://youtube.com/channel/UCndPlvkd6VlDzINF5BrW_Zw A lot of new research has been done in the field of stress especially by Kelly McGonigal. Being stressed out or being afraid of taking on new challenges because of stress is becoming a major problem. but, should it be the way we cope with stress? or should we embrace stress and seek a challenging response? Videos you may also like Mark Manson https://youtu.be/DSmMX8JbOFs Kelly McGonigal TED talk https://youtu.be/RcGyVTAoXEU The science of stress https://youtu.be/fPnDaRYXHs4 Follow me! Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/CuriousTangents Inbox squad -https://inboxsquad.co/curioustangents Discord - https://discord.gg/F8xds2B Twitter - https://www.instagram.com/travisoctav... https://www.instagram.com/travisoctav... use this for extra free weeks at the great courses https://thegreatcoursesplus.7eer.net/... 765362 Similar video - https://youtu.be/n2EVEYmeSqg Could ADHD be an evolutionary advantage? https://youtu.be/cyt3DCI5J68 My YouTube Studio set up My budget camera - canon m50 https://amzn.to/36I9eek The best mirrorless camera - Canon EOS R https://amzn.to/2FifBK8 Lens Sigma 16mm F1.4- I Love this thing! https://amzn.to/34ScgKC My editing software- adobe premiere +Rush (simplest tool in the world) Premiere-https://amzn.to/33HDns9 Rush-https://amzn.to/2FaKhg6 Books I just really like and think everyone should read The Self Educator Booklist-https://kit.co/TravisoGilbert/the-ess... Follow me and subscribe! https://www.instagram.com/travisoctav... https://twitter.com/TravisoGilbert audible:http://www.audibletrack.com/curious sources + further reading Kelly McGonigal - The Upside of Stress Dawans, B.V., Ditzen, B., Trueg, A., Fischbacher, U., & Heinrichs, M. (2019). Effects of acute stress on social behavior in women. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 99, 137-144. Seery, M., Leo, R.J., Lupien, S.P., Kondrak, C.L., & Almonte, J.L. (2013). An upside to adversity?: moderate cumulative lifetime adversity is associated with resilient responses in the face of controlled stressors. Psychological science, 24 7, 1181-9 . Park, Daeun & Yu, Alisa & Metz, Sarah & Tsukayama, Eli & Crum, Alia & Duckworth, Angela. (2017). Beliefs About Stress Attenuate the Relation Among Adverse Life Events, Perceived Distress, and Self‐Control. Child Development. 89. 10.1111/cdev.12946. Jamieson, Jeremy & Nock, Matthew & Mendes, Wendy. (2011). Mind Over Matter: Reappraising Arousal Improves Cardiovascular and Cognitive Responses to Stress. Journal of experimental psychology. General. 141. 417-22. 10.1037/a0025719. P.R. Blankenhorn, in Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, 2001++ Richard Lazarus and Susan Folkman - Stress, Appraisal, and Coping Taylor SE, Klein LC, Lewis BP, Gruenewald TL, Gurung RA, Updegraff JA. Biobehavioral responses to stress in females: tend-and-befriend, not fight-or-flight. Psychol Rev. 2000 Jul;107(3):411-29. doi: 10.1037/0033-295x.107.3.411. PMID: 10941275.

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Is stress good for you? Even better than good for you might stress be the thing that makes you stronger both mentally and physically?
Music 
Lemming - encounter (BGM)
https://youtu.be/xdwWCl_5x2s
Curious tangents 3 by Falland music https://youtube.com/channel/UCndPlvkd6VlDzINF5BrW_Zw

A lot of new research has been done in the field of stress especially by Kelly McGonigal. Being stressed out or being afraid of taking on new challenges because of stress is becoming a major problem. but, should it be the way we cope with stress? or should we embrace stress and seek a challenging response?


Videos you may also like
Mark Manson https://youtu.be/DSmMX8JbOFs
Kelly McGonigal TED talk https://youtu.be/RcGyVTAoXEU
The science of stress https://youtu.be/fPnDaRYXHs4

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use this for extra free weeks at the great courses
https://thegreatcoursesplus.7eer.net/... 765362
Similar video - https://youtu.be/n2EVEYmeSqg Could ADHD be an evolutionary advantage?
https://youtu.be/cyt3DCI5J68
My YouTube Studio set up
My budget camera - canon m50 
https://amzn.to/36I9eek
The best mirrorless camera - Canon EOS R
https://amzn.to/2FifBK8
Lens Sigma 16mm F1.4- I Love this thing!
https://amzn.to/34ScgKC
My editing software- adobe premiere +Rush (simplest tool in the world)
Premiere-https://amzn.to/33HDns9
Rush-https://amzn.to/2FaKhg6

Books I just really like and think everyone should read
The Self Educator Booklist-https://kit.co/TravisoGilbert/the-ess...
Follow me and subscribe!
https://www.instagram.com/travisoctav...
https://twitter.com/TravisoGilbert
audible:http://www.audibletrack.com/curious

sources + further reading 

Kelly McGonigal - The Upside of Stress

Dawans, B.V., Ditzen, B., Trueg, A., Fischbacher, U., & Heinrichs, M. (2019). Effects of acute stress on social behavior in women. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 99, 137-144.

Seery, M., Leo, R.J., Lupien, S.P., Kondrak, C.L., & Almonte, J.L. (2013). An upside to adversity?: moderate cumulative lifetime adversity is associated with resilient responses in the face of controlled stressors. Psychological science, 24 7, 1181-9 .

Park, Daeun & Yu, Alisa & Metz, Sarah & Tsukayama, Eli & Crum, Alia & Duckworth, Angela. (2017). Beliefs About Stress Attenuate the Relation Among Adverse Life Events, Perceived Distress, and Self‐Control. Child Development. 89. 10.1111/cdev.12946.

Jamieson, Jeremy & Nock, Matthew & Mendes, Wendy. (2011). Mind Over Matter: Reappraising Arousal Improves Cardiovascular and Cognitive Responses to Stress. Journal of experimental psychology. General. 141. 417-22. 10.1037/a0025719.


P.R. Blankenhorn, in Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, 2001++
Richard Lazarus and Susan Folkman - Stress, Appraisal, and Coping

Taylor SE, Klein LC, Lewis BP, Gruenewald TL, Gurung RA, Updegraff JA. Biobehavioral responses to stress in females: tend-and-befriend, not fight-or-flight. Psychol Rev. 2000 Jul;107(3):411-29. doi: 10.1037/0033-295x.107.3.411. PMID: 10941275.

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