THE VIDEO SHELF · stress and health psychology
How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED
Psychologist Kelly McGonigal argues in this TED talk that stress is harmful mainly if you believe it is, and that reaching out to others is an underrated way to reduce its effects.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN mentions it when discussing how believing stress is harmful affects health and anxiety.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- TED
- Topic
- stress and health psychology
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2020
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From the original HN conversations
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Interestingly it's probably not actually stress that is killing you, it's how you handle stress. There was a really popular TED talk about it-- people who were stressed but didn't view it as a bad thing were still fine health wise. It was people who …
Jemmeh on Hacker News · 2016-10
In Can Happiness Make You Healthier?There is a TED talk titled "How to make stress your friend" [1]. It quotes several studies that indicate those who believe their stress response is helpful for them (it is the body gearing up for an important challenge, etc.) have significantly lower risk of …
dwaltrip on Hacker News · 2019-11
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