#badstress

What are the good and bad stresses you experience? Share in the comments! 💬👇 Not all stress is bad! 🌱

Here’s how to tell the difference:

Good Stress: - Motivates you: Like the pressure to meet a work deadline or prepare for an exam. This stress pushes you to stay focused and get things done. 💪 - Pushes you to grow: Taking on new challenges, like starting a new job or learning a new skill, can be stressful but helps you grow and improve. 📈 - Keeps you focused: Stress before a big presentation or an important exam can sharpen your focus and boost your performance. 🎯

Bad Stress:

- Overwhelms you: Feeling like you have too much on your plate, such as juggling multiple responsibilities at work and home, leading to constant worry. 😰 - Leads to burnout: When ongoing work pressure or personal stress (like financial struggles) feels never-ending, it causes emotional and physical exhaustion. 🔥 - Harms your health: Long-term stress, like dealing with a toxic relationship or constant work pressure, can result in headaches, sleep problems, and even weaken your immune system. 😔 The key is learning to embrace the good stress that pushes you forward, while managing the bad stress that holds you back. 🌿

Is stress good or bad for you?

Stress is seen as an emotion that leads to a pathway towards the negative. I think stress can be positive and most certainly negative as well, it all depends on how you perceive it and deal with it. How you perceive stress stems from various sources. Some studies suggests that stress can be formed while you are still within the womb and other studies suggest that how you perceive stress stems…

I found myself in a conversation with a friend recently, who was discussing how much stress he was under. We commiserated over our busy lives but he then mentioned how he can't wait for the stress to be over, just gone, a life without stress. Oh wouldn't that be the day!

Here's the thing though, I think stress is important. Stress is that fire that gets you up and gets you going. I, personally, find that I tend to get more accomplished when I'm under a deadline. Maybe it's the procrastinator in me, but if I have ABSOLUTELY nothing to do, I find that I do nothing, as opposed to looking at my calendar and trying to figure out things I can to now so It doesn't build up later. Anyone else like that?

Now, too much stress isn't great. Too much stress can lead to anxiety, breakdown, depression. But we need to find that balance. Just like our daily life and personal interaction can flourish with stress (doing something outside your comfort zone can teach you so much), so can our bodies. We need exercise to be healthy. That's at least 30 minutes a day stressing your heart, to increase your cardiovascular strength. We need to run, jump, climb to make our bones stronger.

So, it's important to find ways to balance that stress, but don't try to eliminate it, because even that can lead to stress.

How do you find balance?

A very interesting thing I’ve learned today is that you can’t always be perfect at everything. If you’re like me, you’re a perfectionist. I hate to mess up. Only now did I realize that it’s okay to be average. Pushing yourself too hard to make everything perfect is not healthy for your body. It’s causing bad stress.

Work is often stressful but I find that when I’m in the midst of solving an issue, the stress brings me some calm and alleviates my boredom. I think that as good stress because I feel that I’m connecting new neuro-pathways to develop my brain further.

Speaking of brains, a friend of mine had a brain tumor removed recently and the anxiety and stress from that is probably considered bad stress. I managed to learn something from it - it’s really better to leave the world smiling and leave those around you smiling at the end of the day. To put someone in a position that is negative does not increase your own happiness one bit.

You might be thinking: you are crazy! And you are probably right but hear me out. Everyone knows there is good stress and bad stress. For example, you could get a promotion, that is good stress. You could also get demoted, that is bad stress. Either way, stress is good. 

Not everyone is like me, but I believe some of you can relate. Stress brings out something in us that is pretty inspiring. When I get stressed in a positive way, it really reinforces my confidence that I have done everything right and on the right path. When I get the bad stress, I go into a swirling pool of what did I do wrong. I analyze all my steps, and I figure out how I got there in the first place. And I’m like, NEVER EVER AGAIN (**pulls hair out**!) This still doesn’t sound good huh? Well, when I get the bad stress, I realize that I don’t want to fail again and strive to be better than that. See, told you, you are like me :) (or if you aren’t convinced, just close this blog... it’s okay, I’ll still like you). 

I absolutely love stress. I want it all the time. It motivates me. You always hear about how hard something is, then you see someone go through it successfully, and you want to be that person. That person who comes out of that situation has wisdom. They have experience and knowledge that can’t be beat (even by the smartest person). 

The best part of getting through a stressful day is, at the end of it. When you reach the calm of the storm, you feel serenity. It’s like wow...I’ve made it. I did that. Isn’t that just rewarding? But you know what the sick part of it is? ...You’ll want to go through it again :).