How to make stress your friend by : Kelly McGonigal

Kelly is a health psychologist. Her mission is to help people be happier and healthier. Kelly have been telling people if stress can make sick. It increase the risk of everything from the common cold to cardiovascular disease. Kelly told that people who experienced a lot of stress in the previous year had a 43 percent increased risk of dying. But that was only true for people who also believed that stress is harmful for your health. People who experienced a lot of stress but did not view stress as harmful were no more likely to die, yet researcher found that people died not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for us. If that statement is correct, so stress will be the largest cause of death, killing more people than skin cancer, HIV/AIDS and homicide.

As a healt psycologist, Kelly want to make people better at stress. If we view stress in good way, our body believe us and our stress response become healthier. Stress also makes us social. By talking about oxytocin, it has already gotten as much hype as a hormone can get. Oxytocin is a neuro hormone. It primes us to do things that strengthen close relationships. It has many benefits for us,  oxytocin makes us crave physical contact with our friends and family and enhances our empathy and even makes us more willing to help and support people we care about.