I bet that the answer lies with our closest relatives, the chimps🙊 Hopefully they don't die out before we discover the secret to their mental fortitude.😢💔
I'm not sure I completely understood this. It's like there wasn't enough impact in the speech to help me implement a behavioral change to stress. Hm. Maybe if I watch again...
Me, stressed: I’ll check out this video. Me, 4/5ths through the video: get to the point! Rraaaaaaaaugh 14:00 solution starts but it’s not very detailed (no time left)
Heidi, Thank you for this AMAZING Ted talk. Love the reaction VS response. I am so reactionary and this was an AHA moment! Today I am going to use my curiosity And use the my stress to fuel positive change:)
I love how Heidi simplifies the stress response and makes it into something useable. All the stress reduction techniques I have learned did little, except make me feel more stressed because of my inability to be helped by them. This approach is making me stronger, as I use stress, instead of being used by it, so to speak.
Thanks Ian - I know simple can sometimes seem oversimplified, but I think having a framework that empowers us to DO something with the energy we feel from stress is the only way we'll ever be able to use it in positive ways. Cheers!
I really appreciate the insights Dr. Hanna offers in this Ted-Talk, as well as in her books! SHe has changed the way that I try to proceed through life, with a healthy navigation!
Love this - will practice this coming week. Have had a really stressful two weeks under pressure as a final year vet student on a surgical referral roster. I need to remind myself that I am there to learn - and to question why I am in a situation that is causing me stress, and what can I learn from this or ask a senior clinician that will turn the stressful situation into a learning experience.
8:56 "... But despite what we've all been taught, this is not our stress response, these are stress reactions!" Errr yeah, response was the term used back then, as in response to stimuli, physiological response, perceived threat response. It's definitely breaking new science, when all you are doing is changing word usage.
Wasn't meant to be breaking science, just a shift in perspective. And we'll still talk about the stress response as an important framework. I just think it's helpful to consider how we might choose to respond in better ways.
Heidi Hanna, agreed, the underlying choice of how to react/respond in better ways makes the difference. The key here is _the process of conscious deliberation_ that is implicated in choice and choosing, as opposed to subconscious/instinctual reactions, or reactions from habit, or the autonomous nervous responses (the 4 F's).
I couldn't agree more! Some people are naturally wired to be more resilient, but I also know that we can train these types of stop - assess and adjust abilities with practice. We're not stuck with the reactions we have, we just might have to work at rewiring them.
It is kind of conceptual talking that change my vision totally about response to stressfull condition .. It is not about stress it is about your response and how you look for it ..
