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What does stress mean to you

Name: What does stress mean to you
Uploaded: 2026-04-05T17:03:43+00:00
Duration: 52 s
Channel: Will Humphreys
Description: Will Humphreys breaks down a study comparing two groups under high stress. Those who saw stress as meaningful and energizing had fewer heart attacks and…

5 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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Will Humphreys breaks down a study comparing two groups under high stress. Those who saw stress as meaningful and energizing had fewer heart attacks and strokes than those who viewed it as purely harmful. Your interpretation of stress, not the stress itself, shaped who got sick.

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There was this TED Talk. It was talking about stress, and they did a study and they looked at people who live high stressful lives, people who are intentionally creating lots, and then they studied their health. And there was a percentage of the group that had strokes and heart attacks and died young and all the things. And then there was this other group that had the best health, and they were— their diets and all these things were being monitored to be somewhat similar, and they were able to test it down to one thing. It was what stress meant to them. Like, the meaning they assigned stress is what determined their physiological response. So like if someone was like, well, this stress is an indicator that I'm doing some good and I'm telling myself I'm just excited about this and that it's hard because it's going to be worth it and I'm going to help people, those people physiologically literally created a different physical health versus people who are like, well, this is stressful, this is negative, I don't like this. Heart attacks, like truly amazing.