Contents:
- Medical Video: Emotion, Stress and Health: Crash Course Psychology #26
- The benefits of stress for the body
- 1. Make memories stronger
- 2. Prevent viruses and diseases
- 3. Make yourself strong
- 4. Make children smarter
Medical Video: Emotion, Stress and Health: Crash Course Psychology #26
Stress is considered to only make a loss for some people who experience it. One of the most obvious disadvantages is physical loss. The weight of the body dropped dramatically, the condition under the eyes blackened due to insomnia, and can even cause other complications of the disease which is a negative impact of stress. But, who would have thought that behind all these losses there would be the benefits of stress alone?
Long-term stress or chronic stress and high-intensity stress are not good for health. But stress with mild to moderate intensity can actually benefit the body. This is natural because the body is created with a responsefight-or-flight (which literally means fighting or running away).
This response increases the function of the body to be more optimal in accordance with what is needed by humans when they are in a condition where they have to fight or have to escape. So, don't be surprised if it turns out that a certain level of stress can benefit you.
The benefits of stress for the body
1. Make memories stronger
In 2013, Berkeley University in America conducted a study with mice as a test material. Stress that occurs in mice is actually able to grow new nerve cells in the brain. Besides that, the good effects of stress on mice don't just happen. New mice can get increased memory results after 2 weeks of trial.
A number of studies also show that there is a relationship between stress hormones and the ability to remember someone. If you experience a reasonable stress condition, such as stress before the exam, stress hormones (cortisol) can help the body and mind to focus short-term memory until your exam ends. Under certain conditions, stress can also help someone to experience more stress problems that will be faced.
2. Prevent viruses and diseases
The benefits of stress are useful for boosting the immune system. Because, a study conducted by Stanford University in 2012 conducted an interesting experiment about stress in mice. After the mice experience a period of stress, the result is that stress increases and raises the immune system released by the adrenal gland.
The interesting fact is, when stress strikes you, the body is designed and stimulated to avoid the threat of viruses and bacteria, because stress will stimulate interleukin chemicals that make the body protected from disease, immune deficiency and inflammation.
3. Make yourself strong
Don't get me wrong, stress that you think will make yourself worse off, in fact can make you more resilient in the future. Look, when you are experiencing a bad situation to cause stress, you will think you don't know how to deal with it. But in fact, it is a way to train you to deal with other upcoming problems.
The University of Buffalo has also proven in a survey in 2012. The study involving 2,400 people found results that people who have bad experiences and cause stress, can face other problems more calm and relaxed than those who have never experienced stress.
4. Make children smarter
Other research from the Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2006 also found that stress during pregnancy could potentially give birth to smarter children. They test and get results, the motoric abilities of children who are conceived during stress are much faster than children of mothers whose pregnancies are relaxed and relaxed.
Even so, the study does not suggest and encourage pregnant women to get as much stress as possible. Just remind, if women experience pregnancy stress should not need to worry and panic. Stress can be a sign that there is a good development for your baby's motor system.
