Stress. It makes your heart pound, your breathing quicken and your forehead sweat. But while stress has been made into a public health enemy, new research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal urges us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to an unsung mechanism for stress reduction: reaching out to others.
压力。压力让你心跳加速,呼吸急促,额头沾满汗珠。长久以来,压力被视为公众健康的敌人。然而,新的研究表明,压力只有在你觉得它是健康威胁的时候才会对你的健康有不利影响。心理学家凯利·麦格尼格尔(Kelly McGonigal)鼓励人们用更积极的态度看待压力,并且介绍了一种从未被提及的减压方式:帮助他人。