Stress- your friend??
Added 2023-06-12 11:00:01 +0000 UTCGood morning!
Our daughter sent a video that I found so interesting. Research shows that HOW you think about stress is way more impactful than the stress itself. People who thought of stress as something bad to avoid had all the health problems and the higher mortality rate. People who embraced stress and reached out to their support systems or provided support for other people became more resilient and courageous.
A stress hormone, oxytocin, comes along with adrenaline and is heart-protective, repairing and anti-inflammatory! Think of the wonderful Creator’s design in putting a healing hormone alongside adrenaline to protect us. BUT, we have to choose how we think about stress! If we choose to feel like victims, go into despair mode, fall into a pit and seclude ourselves….well, stress damages us. But if we choose to see it as an opportunity to connect to people….help them….get stronger…..well, we get stronger!
Isn’t it amazing that oxytocin, the happy hormone, is also considered a stress hormone? If it’s put to good use, it will enhance our lives!
How amazing is our God to have designed us this way!
James 1:2-4
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
Comments
Yes love it!
Jennifer
2023-06-12 16:14:06 +0000 UTCYes! Such a beautiful way to live!
Jennifer
2023-06-12 16:13:52 +0000 UTCThank you for reading! We are so intricately created by our amazing Creator!
Jennifer
2023-06-12 16:13:29 +0000 UTCYes, I learned in the Army that we can choose to use stress as a motivator. But about 12 years after I got out I had a bad stress related issue that taught me the other side of the coin. Our God is incredible in the way He designed us. I love the book of James! so much wisdom written by Jesus's brother. Thanks Sis for always loving us enough to bring us powerful truth like this!
Jimjam the truth man
2023-06-12 13:02:04 +0000 UTCI was unaware of this hormone. You mentioned it in a previous post and I did not do further research. I was quite sure you were not referring to a medication with the "oxy" root 😀. Thank you for educating us about this. The human machines we live in and functions are something else. And "If we choose to feel like victims, go into despair mode, fall into a pit and seclude ourselves….well, stress damages us." WOW! Just wow. Always a timely delivery from you. Thanks to your daughter for sharing her thought provoking video.
Maurice
2023-06-12 12:37:44 +0000 UTCI live the bad stress way of thinking quite often. It’s my default way. I need to be more aware of my initial thoughts to a stressful situation. It is beyond comprehension how God built so many mechanisms into our body which we can benefit from, so long as we take the time to learn about them. How do we learn? By becoming intimate with our Creator. 🙏
Canal Sluggers
2023-06-12 12:12:01 +0000 UTC
