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Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.
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That’s why in India we have had a culture of staying with family parents and grandparents which helps managing stress at various levels
Maybe this is the reason why some people who are diagnosed with chronic pain are getting worse
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Trusting myself that stress give me energy and motivation is good for our health. The response of body to stress is by the way of thinking about stress.
Okay, but how?