Villain And Hero Of The Mind

Headaches. Low energy. Upset stomach. Sleepless nights. These are just some of the countless side effects of stress. However, Dr. Kelly McGonigal believes otherwise. In her TED Talk “How to make stress your friend,” she describes how stress can be used in a reverse way contradictory to popular beliefs. Dr. McGonigal is convinced that stress has received a completely negative attitude, which she deems as wrong. She believes that stress can be manipulated to create positive effects. Dr. Kelly McGonigal’s, “How to make stress your friend,” TED Talk is a rhetorical success because it effectively convinces those who are looking for help with dealing with stress and forward thinking scholars who attend the TED Talks. She achieves this success by

We are going to look at the rhetorical situation. But to start let me tell you a little bit about this Ted Talk, within this video McGonigal talks about how stress can be bad for you and your body if you look at stress as a bad thing, but stress can be good for you as well. She talks about some studies and how you can change your mindset. McGonigal has been teaching that stress

This TED talk is about how we perceive stress. Kelly McGonigal explains the effects of believing that stress is a bad thing, and attempts to persuade us to think of stress as a good thing. She informs us that when we think of stress positively, we can reduce our risk of heart failure, and increase our motivation towards the challenge that is causing this particular stress. She also informs us about managing stress by encouraging us to be more social. Kelly McGonigal is a health psychologist.

Kelly McGonigal discusses the importance of viewing stress as positive, as opposed to negative, by detailing three specific studies and findings about stress. In the first study, it was discovered that people with a significant amount of stress had a higher mortality rate; however, this was only statistically significant if the subject viewed stress as harmful. If the overly-stressed subject didn’t view stress as harmful, they were actually at the lowest risk of dying, even compared to those with a minimal amount. Therefore, it is important to change a person’s perspective of stress. In particular, McGonigal emphasizes that stress is important for a person’s body: it energizes and prepares them to meet whatever challenge they are facing. Furthermore, it helps the blood vessels remain relaxed, thereby allowing the heart to remain healthy.

Stress is a main aspect of the human condition, because everyone goes through a daily amount of stress, whether the problems come from school, family, even physical activities. The first time I felt a load of stress was earlier this year in fact, on a Thursday in September. I had many assignments due that day, and had a football game for band later as well. There was a reading check for “WHAP”, and the second I had seen the vocab and multiple choice questions my stomach started churning. There was sweat running down my face.... The notes I had took were horrendous, the thought of my French IP Practices the next period did not help either. Even though the day had finished and I did not have to stress over school anymore,

I really enjoyed watching Kelly Mcgonigal video. I can honest agree with the study of stress By understanding feeling stress can be good for you. My reasons is because stress is a feeling of what you think could be wrong in your life or different obstracles. You can control your thoughts and feelings and think of stress as a challenge. Think of a challeng that you will only conquer. What you think of stress in your life view. Understanding that feeing stress could be helpful, knowing thats its only a battle that you will defeat. In the video students from Harvard University was tested by doing a stress social test.They was taught to be prepared and rethink they

I agree with Kelly McGonigal, not because whatever she said, is true about stress, but I feel that situation in my life. As she said that stress can be the healthier and gives you joy and meaning of a life. For example, I am not sure that this has been with me since I born, but I need stress in order to survive, and studying well because if I don’t have stress than I feel like helpless, or shiftless. Likewise, people need to distinguish between the good and bad stress before looking the result of it. Similarly, this topic is like “ see and think always right for better opportunities and for being a better

Our book describes stress as “any circumstances that threaten or are perceived to threaten one’s well-being and tax one’s coping ability” (Weiten, 2014). Stress is not necessarily a traumatic, life destroying event. It can be as simple a small change in one’s daily schedule. People will have multiple stresses throughout their lifetime. Some will be little and daily, but overtime these add up and can affect you in many ways. Stress can be positive or negative and can take many forms; a few being frustration, internal conflict, change, and pressure. All of which make almost a daily appearance in my life (Weiten, 2014).

Not just stress, but stress and its effects on students, particularly students of Massey. I know that almost all of the people in this room have felt the effects of stress, especially with the SciCan posters due today and speeches going on. I’ll even bet that there are students in this room who only finished their poster today. And I’d win that bet because that’s what I did. This topic is one that many can relate too, and

As adults, stress is highly abundant in our lives which could lead me to believe that an

In conclusion, I agree that stress is a positive thing for us because it can motivate and give energy

McGonigal elaborated on her mission to make the world happier and healthier place through various studies, all proving her first theory wrong about stress. For years, Kelly McGonigal spoke about stress negatively, but due to her recent students found that treating stress as a useful function of the body will increase one’s lifespan, and build stronger connections with

Attention Getter: Life is like a huge roller coaster, a journey full of twists and turns, and ups and downs. And sometimes in this journey there arises various situations where one is unable to deal with these turns, let alone have the energy to face the ups and downs. In situations when the downward spiral becomes difficult to overcome it seems to linger on and on. The major cause of such feelings, are the chaotic activities of life. Stress is no

As one has seen, positive stress adds anticipation and excitement to life, and we all thrive under a certain amount of stress. Deadlines, competitions, confrontations, and even our frustrations and sorrows add depth and enrichment to our lives. Our goal is not to eliminate stress but to learn how to manage it and how to use it to help us. Insufficient stress acts as a depressant and may leave us feeling bored or rejected; on the other hand, excessive stress may leave us feeling "tied up in knots." What one needs to do is find a safe level of stress, which will individually motivate but not overwhelm them.

“Stress is a silent disease” (Doctor Hobel). Over the years, stress has played a major rule in a large majority of people’s lives throughout the United States. When thought about, it is said to be extremely surprising as to how many people really have stress in each individual’s life. People do not consider what the reasons are for the feelings and emotions they experience. There are all different types of stress, and stress can do a lot to a person. Each person also handles stress in a different way. Some can handle more than others, because every single person’s body works in a different way. Stress has also been told to cause people to act out of character (Dr. David Posen). They often do not act the way they usually would while under