Evidence shows that having even weak social connections in a stressful situation is really good for your health and your ability to handle that situation.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I believe that stress is a factor in any bad health.
When you're in a high-stress situation, dynamics between people can change.
When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
Social connection is such a basic feature of human experience that when we are deprived of it, we suffer.
You need to be able to manage stress because hard times will come, and a positive outlook is what gets you through.
What's taking place during stress is actually much simpler than a transaction between stressful life events and you. There aren't two parties involved in stress. There is only one - your own mind.
Relationships can be very traumatic. But being in a healthy relationship can be very empowering.
With all that's going on in our lives and the world, reducing stress is important, and it's a factor in heart health.
I have friends with post-traumatic stress - friends with post-traumatic stress who are, you know, highly successful, capable people.
Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.