Posts Tagged ‘Short term stress’
Benefits of stress
Did you know that short-term stress is actually good for you? What I mean by that is you get a benefit out of it. Short term stress triggers the production of protective chemicals and increases activity in immune cells that boost the body’s defenses. Just imagine that you have some much-needed tinkering to be done in your body. When you get stressed out, a “repair crew” comes to life tinkering with the parts of your body that needs some “repair”.
Small amounts of stress hormones can also sharpen your memory. That’s the good that we get from short term stress.
Of course, let us differentiate short term stress from chronic stress—the kind that never seems to let up—which can set off dangerous inflammation in the body, increasing your risk for heart disease, obesity, and breast cancer. Now, that’s the evil one!
Let’s balance our lives. Remember, too little stress and you’re bored and unmotivated; too much and you become not just cranky but sick.
