The Upside of Stress

I’M DOING A LIVE SHOW IN NYC 👉 https://www.caveat.nyc/event/drink-and-learn-wvanessa-hill-from-braincraft–11-23-2019 Head to http://bit.ly/2pylWsX for a FREE 30-day trial of Dashlane Premium (and use the code “braincraft” for 10% off) MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) Spurts of acute stress (known as “eustress” in research, if you like learning new words) can increase your memory, concentration and more. Learning to embrace stress is beneficial, so start by watching this video. If you’re actually reading this, you REALLY care about good stress 👏 and there is further reading below. My Instagram https://instagram.com/nessyhill | Twitter https://twitter.com/nessyhill Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator REFERENCES 📚 Abercrombie, H. C., Kalin, N. H., Thurow, M. E., Rosenkranz, M. A., & Davidson, R. J. (2003). Cortisol variation in humans affects memory for emotionally laden and neutral information. Behavioral Neuroscience, 117(3), 505-516. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0735-7044.117.3.505 Dawans, B.V., Ditzen, B., Trueg, A., Fischbacher, U., & Heinrichs, M. (2019). Effects of acute stress on social behavior in women. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 99, 137-144. Seery, M., Leo, R.J., Lupien, S.P., Kondrak, C.L., & Almonte, J.L. (2013). An upside to adversity?: moderate cumulative lifetime adversity is associated with resilient responses in the face of controlled stressors. Psychological science, 24 7, 1181-9 . Park, Daeun & Yu, Alisa & Metz, Sarah & Tsukayama, Eli & Crum, Alia & Duckworth, Angela. (2017). Beliefs About Stress Attenuate the Relation Among Adverse Life Events, Perceived Distress, and Self‐Control. Child Development. 89. 10.1111/cdev.12946. Jamieson, Jeremy & Nock, Matthew & Mendes, Wendy. (2011). Mind Over Matter: Reappraising Arousal Improves Cardiovascular and Cognitive Responses to Stress. Journal of experimental psychology. General. 141. 417-22. 10.1037/a0025719. Steptoe A, Kivimäki M. Stress and cardiovascular disease. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2012 Apr 3;9(6):360–70. doi: 10.1038/nrcardio.2012.45. Yang, L., Zhao, Y., Wang, Y., Liu, L., Zhang, X., Li, B., & Cui, R. (2015). The Effects of Psychological Stress on Depression. Current neuropharmacology, 13(4), 494–504. doi:10.2174/1570159X1304150831150507 Scott, K. A., Melhorn, S. J., & Sakai, R. R. (2012). Effects of Chronic Social Stress on Obesity. Current obesity reports, 1(1), 16–25. doi:10.1007/s13679-011-0006-3

Does stress affect your memory? – Elizabeth Cox

Explore the stages of how your memory stores information and how short-term stress impacts this process. — You spend weeks studying for an important test. On the big day, you wait nervously as your teacher hands it out. You’re working your way through, when you’re asked to define “ataraxia.” You know you’ve seen the word before, but your mind goes blank. What just happened? Elizabeth Cox details the complex relationship between stress and memory. Lesson by Elizabeth Cox, directed by Artrake Studio. Sign up for our newsletter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdNewsletter Support us on Patreon: http://bit.ly/TEDEdPatreon Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/TEDEdFacebook Find us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdTwitter Peep us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/TEDEdInstagram View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-surprising-link-between-stress-and-memory-elizabeth-cox Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Michael Aquilina, Vinamr L. Sachdeva, FireWolfLasers, Kshitij Shah, Mohammad Said, Teach Me Diné – Navajo Language, Victoria Veretilo, Rebecca Reineke, Felipe Hoff, Kyanta Yap, Brandon Thomas, Lewis Westbury, Ojas Kapoor, Johnny Gutierrez, Mirzat Turap, Jaime Arriola, Emilia Alvarado, Javid Gozalov, 真佑 劉, Ethan Cole, Philipp Hiestand, Paul Beard, Deepak Iyer, Markus Goldhacker, Mihai Sandu, Keven Webb, Hendrik Mueller, Maurice Castonguay, Kristiyan Bonev, Maryam Dadkhah, Joshua Wasniewski, Michał Friedrich, Arlene Spiegelman, Doug Henry, Alick Au, denison martins fernandes, Hashem Al, Daniel Nester, Richard A Berkley, Benjamin Chan, Dee Wei, Abdallah Absi, Denise A Pitts, Pi Guanghui, Doris, Kurt Almendras, Raymond Lee, and Nicolas Silva.

Understanding Trauma: How Stress and Trauma Cause Chronic Pain, Anxiety, Depression, & PTSD

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How to end stress, unhappiness and anxiety to live in a beautiful state | Preetha ji | TEDxKC

If you are stressed-out, anxious or chronically unhappy; this talk will lead you through an authentic journey of self-knowing and freedom to illuminate the root causes of stress. Combining storytelling and meditation, Preethaji’s teachings help shift her students from living in a stressful-state, to living in what she describes as a beautiful state. In 2009 Preethaji started One World Academy with her husband Krishnaji. One World Academy is a wisdom school for enlightenment based in a new tradition where the focus is on knowing oneself and discovering that we are connected to all that exists. Preethaji is an enlightened world teacher whose vision is to free individuals of all forms of unhappiness. Preethaji’s teachings challenge every justification for living in sorrow and inner isolation or unconscious psychological conformity. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

How stress affects your brain – Madhumita Murgia

Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-stress-affects-your-brain-madhumita-murgia Stress isn’t always a bad thing; it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus, like when you’re playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But when it’s continuous, it actually begins to change your brain. Madhumita Murgia shows how chronic stress can affect brain size, its structure, and how it functions, right down to the level of your genes. Lesson by Madhumita Murgia, animation by Andrew Zimbelman.