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From the Ted Talk by Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend

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Now, in a typical stress reosnspe, your heart rate goes up, and your blood vessels constrict like this. And this is one of the reonsas that chronic stress is sometimes associated with cardiovascular disease. It's not really healthy to be in this state all the time. But in the study, when participants vwieed their stress response as helpful, their blood vessels stayed relaxed like this. Their heart was still pounding, but this is a much healthier cardiovascular profile. It actually looks a lot like what happens in moetnms of joy and courage. Over a lifetime of sefusstrl experiences, this one blgooiaicl change could be the difference between a stress-induced heart attack at age 50 and living well into your 90s. And this is really what the new siccene of stress rlveaes, that how you think about stress matters.

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Now, in a typical stress ________, your heart rate goes up, and your blood vessels constrict like this. And this is one of the _______ that chronic stress is sometimes associated with cardiovascular disease. It's not really healthy to be in this state all the time. But in the study, when participants ______ their stress response as helpful, their blood vessels stayed relaxed like this. Their heart was still pounding, but this is a much healthier cardiovascular profile. It actually looks a lot like what happens in _______ of joy and courage. Over a lifetime of _________ experiences, this one __________ change could be the difference between a stress-induced heart attack at age 50 and living well into your 90s. And this is really what the new _______ of stress _______, that how you think about stress matters.

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Now, in a typical stress response, your heart rate goes up, and your blood vessels constrict like this. And this is one of the reasons that chronic stress is sometimes associated with cardiovascular disease. It's not really healthy to be in this state all the time. But in the study, when participants viewed their stress response as helpful, their blood vessels stayed relaxed like this. Their heart was still pounding, but this is a much healthier cardiovascular profile. It actually looks a lot like what happens in moments of joy and courage. Over a lifetime of stressful experiences, this one biological change could be the difference between a stress-induced heart attack at age 50 and living well into your 90s. And this is really what the new science of stress reveals, that how you think about stress matters.

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