SHORTENED TITLE 2
Discussion Board #2
Section(1:(
On(June(2013,(in(Edinburgh,(Scotland,(Kelly(Mcgonigal(was(the(guest(speaker(for(Tedtalk.(She(
first(begins(by(asking(the(audience(a(thought(provoking(question,(“Can(changing(how(you(think(about(
stress(make(you(healthier?”(She(answers(this(question(by(saying(“science(says(yes.”(She(believes(that(
stress(can(be(good(for(us.(In(a(study,(statistics(stated(that(people(who(were(stressed(in(the(previous(year(
and(believed(that(stress(was(bad(for(you,(were(more(likely(to(die(as(compared(to(people(who(were(also(
stressed(but(didn’t(see(stress(as(harmful(to(their(health.(When(you(change(your(mind(about(stress,(you(
can(change(your(body(response(to(stress(as(well.(“Stress(could(be(thought(as,(your(body’s(way(of(
preparing(you(for(challenge”((Mcgonigal,(2013).(In(another(study,(they(concluded(that(when(people(
were(told(to(think(of(stress(in(that(way((body’s(preparing(you),(their(body’s(physical(response(to(stress(
changes,(where(the(blood(vessels(weren’t(constricting(when(pumping(blood(but(were(actually(dilating(
instead.(Allowing(for(more(blood(flow(through(the(blood(vessels(minimizing(cardiovascular(diseases.(
Kelly(also(explain(how(stress(can(make(you(social.(The(stress(response(consists(of(the(release(of(the(
hormone(oxytocin.(This(hormone(is(known(for(craving(physical(contact,(and(as(well(as(strengthening(
close(relationship,(seeking(for(connection(with(others((Mcgonigal,(2013).(So(during(the(stress(response,(
when(this(hormone(is(released(your(body(is(telling(you(to(tell(someone(else,(or(be(surrounded(with(
people(who(love(you.(Also(“the(hormone(oxytocin(protects(the(cardiovascular(system(from(stress,(and(
as(well(it(strengthens(your(heart”((Mcgonigal,(2013).(This(hormone(makes(you(healthier(as(she(
previously(stated.(Therefore,(your(“stress(response(has(a(built(in(mechanism(for(stress(resilience,(and(
that(mechanism(is(human(connection”((Mcgonigal,(2013).(With(the(right(mentality(stress(can(have(a(
positive(effect(to(your(body.((
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