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TED Talk: How to Make Stress Your Friend - Kelly McGonigal
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How to Make Stress Your Friend
By Kelly McGonigal
The "cuddle hormone" is a stress hormone
- argues that stress makes us social
- argument plays on common insecurities
McGonigal's ideas may revolutonize the way we view stress and its impact on our lives.
McGonigal did not refute the ideas surrounding her topic.
- lessened the effect of her scientific proof
- allowed for many criticisms towards her talk
- there would not be as many doubts if she had provided more insight
Other Controversies
We CAN be better at stress
Stress is NOT the enemy
- many other studies that prove stress can lead to many conditions and disorders
- there could be other factors influencing the premature deaths
- type of stress that influences the deaths and not the beliefs
Overall Theme
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High levels of stress & believed that stress was harmful
43% higher chance of dying
High levels of stress but did not believe that stress is harmful
Main Controversy
Lowest risk of dying
McGonigal presents the information as if it does have a causal relationship.
- "182 000 Americans died prematurely, not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for you"
...further research into the relationship between the perception that stress affects health and current health, mental health, and mortality"
"While this study is unable to establish a causal relationship, these results highlight the necessity for...
- How much stress have you experienced in the past year?
- Do you believe that stress is harmful for your health?
Did you know that without stress,
we wouldn't be alive?
Presentation Techniques
- Humour
- Slideshow: pictures and diagrams
- Interacts with the audience
Kelly McGonigal
- Health psychologist
- PhD in psychology from Stanford
- Two books and an audio series