TED Talk: How to make stress your friend

Dr. Kelly McGonigal profession is a

• Teacher

• Health Psychologist

• Principal

• Nurse

The study that tracked 30,000 adults over 8 years found that ...

• There’s a 43% increase in dying for people who experienced a lot of stress AND believed stress is harmful to your health

• There’s a 43% increase in dying for people who experienced a lot of stress AND believed stress is NOT harmful to your health

• Stress always kills

Can changing how you think about stress make you healthier?

• Yes

• No

A study conducted in Harvard University taught their participants to...

• ignore their stress responses

• Remember stress is harmful

• Rethink their stress responses as helpful

• Focus on the test

Participants in the Harvard’s study who learned to view the stress response as helpful were...

• More stressed out, more anxious, and less confident

• Less stressed out, less anxious, and more confident

Stress makes you social

• True

• False

The name of the stress hormone also known as the “cuddle hormone” is called

• Dopamine

• Oxytocin

• Estrogen

• Testosterone

Your stress response has a built in mechanism for stress resilience, that mechanism is ..

• Bottling up your feelings

• Human connection

• Increased cardiovascular response

The study that tracked 1,000 adults from ages 34-93 found that people who spent time caring for others

• Were not stressed at all

• Increased their chances of dying

• Showed NO stress-related increase in dying

Choose ALL answers that are TRUE

• When you choose to view your stress as helpful you create a biology of courage

• When you choose to connect with others under stress you can create resilience

• Chasing meaning is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort

• Stress is the enemy