Stress is the body's physical response to what the mind interprets as a threat causing the body to release Cortisol and Adrenaline If we lived in the times of our ancient ancestors this response would be warranted initiating this reaction in dire fight or flight situations to save itself from harm But in today's society being affected by the lungs pumping oxygen into the bloodstream at an accelerated rate triggering the heart to beat faster and the blood pressure to rise delivering energy to escape something that albeit a threat to our way of life but is not necessarily a threat to our lives is incredibly harmful Stress in the YouTube video Making Stress Your Friend is all about perspective well at least that's what I took away from it When I think about perspective I think about the undisputed king of spin Ferris Bueller and maybe even more importantly his friend Cameron in particularly the notable scene when the characters focus on Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Cameron centers his focus deeply on the face in the painting until it dissipates into a cluster of spots John Hughes the director and writer of the movie offered this commentary regarding the scene explaining that the montage represents Camerons growing sense that his life is as meaningless as those dots I believe that to mean that Camerons problem essentially stems from his perspective A point that McGonigal expresses in her Ted Talk Kelly remedied stress as a disease that makes people sick but now she disagrees with that original analysis In a report that measured individuals emotional state of stress their viewpoint concerning stress and drew a parallel against death records
