Stress is NOT Harmful to Your Health

The idea that stress is harmful to your health is harmful. This is a quite intriguing scientific finding.

Stress is there and you accept the stress as it is. Stress is just a signal that you may want to do something. Nothing wrong with the stress itself.

The problem arises when you take it personally. It is just a signal. It is just an alarm. You can handle as you like.

One way for me is to observe it, to have distance from it. I notice that some stress arises in me. Then, I look for the process of my mind how it decided to produce stress hormone in my body. Then, after examining the process, I decide to change my thought about what has happened. When I missed an international flight from unexpected miscommunication with my travel agent, I got a strong stress, anger, confusion. Then, as I spent time to contemplate it subsided. Because I came to know, missing the flight was not so big deal to me.

Stress is self made most of the time in this modern world. We don't have to be chased by a tiger anymore. Current day's stress is mostly psychological. Which means, you can control stress by changing your thought. Not always easy but possible.