Good Stress vs. Bad Stress
renata j. razza | Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 | 2 Comments »
“Can you turn it off? Or are you a prisoner of your mind?”
-Martin Rossman,
author on healing and stress and
clinical instructor at the UCSF Medical School
This Wall Street Times article presents interesting research on responses to stress and how our responses to it can make it useful or not useful.
Give it a read and see where you see yourself in the stress reaction strategies the article outlines.
Challenge, after all, is a key component to creating a sense of flow. In the end, it’s our ability to approach that challenge from a positive place with only an appropriate amount of consideration (as opposed to rumination) that makes it “good stress”.
Thanks for this posting, Renata! The article was helpful, but even better was your comment about challenge being a key component in creating a sense of flow. I love that!!
Glad you like that, Maureen! And it’s easy to test: when do you feel the most accomplished? The most like you’re operating with all pistons firing?
It’s not when we coast through the stuff we can ace blindfolded, but when we’re challenged enough that we get to rise to the occasion.
Thanks for your comment!