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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.84,0:00:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a confession to make.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.97,0:00:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But first, I want you to make\Na little confession to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.78,0:00:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past year,\NI want you to just raise your hand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.56,0:00:17.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you've experienced\Nrelatively little stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.97,0:00:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyone?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.60,0:00:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about a moderate amount of stress?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.84,0:00:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who has experienced a lot of stress?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.44,0:00:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah. Me too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.85,0:00:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that is not my confession.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.100,0:00:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My confession is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.78,0:00:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a health psychologist,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.80,0:00:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my mission is to help people\Nbe happier and healthier.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.70,0:00:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I fear that something\NI've been teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.93,0:00:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the last 10 years\Nis doing more harm than good,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.25,0:00:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has to do with stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.83,0:00:52.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For years I've been telling people,\Nstress makes you sick.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.85,0:00:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It increases the risk of everything\Nfrom the common cold
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.75,0:00:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cardiovascular disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.13,0:01:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, I've turned stress\Ninto the enemy.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.38,0:01:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I have changed my mind about stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.10,0:01:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and today, I want to change yours.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.01,0:01:11.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me start with the study\Nthat made me rethink
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.39,0:01:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my whole approach to stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.00,0:01:18.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This study tracked 30,000 adults\Nin the United States for eight years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.66,0:01:21.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they started by asking people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.19,0:01:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How much stress have you\Nexperienced in the last year?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.09,0:01:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also asked,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.65,0:01:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you believe that stress\Nis harmful for your health?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.43,0:01:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they used public death records\Nto find out who died.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.01,0:01:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.22,0:01:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.04,0:01:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some bad news first.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.21,0:01:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who experienced a lot of stress\Nin the previous year
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.64,0:01:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a 43 percent increased risk of dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.61,0:01:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that was only true for the people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.40,0:01:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who also believed that stress\Nis harmful for your health.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.06,0:01:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.84,0:02:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who experienced a lot of stress
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.14,0:02:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but did not view stress as harmful
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.10,0:02:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were no more likely to die.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.80,0:02:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, they had the lowest risk of dying
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.37,0:02:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of anyone in the study,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.70,0:02:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including people\Nwho had relatively little stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.90,0:02:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the researchers estimated\Nthat over the eight years
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.54,0:02:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were tracking deaths,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.13,0:02:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,182,000 Americans died prematurely,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.33,0:02:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not from stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.80,0:02:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but from the belief\Nthat stress is bad for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.00,0:02:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.26,0:02:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is over 20,000 deaths a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.93,0:02:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, if that estimate is correct,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.76,0:02:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would make\Nbelieving stress is bad for you
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.02,0:02:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 15th largest cause of death\Nin the United States last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.12,0:02:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,killing more people than skin cancer,\NHIV/AIDS and homicide.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.17,0:02:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.31,0:02:50.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see why this study freaked me out.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.14,0:02:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here I've been spending\Nso much energy telling people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.21,0:02:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stress is bad for your health.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.09,0:02:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this study got me wondering:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.79,0:03:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can changing how you think\Nabout stress make you healthier?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.88,0:03:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here the science says yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.73,0:03:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you change your mind about stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.81,0:03:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can change\Nyour body's response to stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.08,0:03:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now to explain how this works,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.44,0:03:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you all to pretend\Nthat you are participants
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.32,0:03:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a study designed to stress you out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.93,0:03:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called the social stress test.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.61,0:03:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You come into the laboratory,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.67,0:03:24.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're told you have to give
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.66,0:03:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a five-minute impromptu speech\Non your personal weaknesses
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.30,0:03:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a panel of expert evaluators\Nsitting right in front of you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.96,0:03:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to make sure you feel the pressure,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.84,0:03:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are bright lights\Nand a camera in your face,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.81,0:03:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.29,0:03:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.48,0:03:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the evaluators have been trained
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.38,0:03:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give you discouraging,\Nnon-verbal feedback,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.10,0:03:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.33,0:03:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Exhales)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.36,0:03:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.26,0:03:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that you're sufficiently demoralized,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.36,0:04:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time for part two: a math test.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.16,0:04:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And unbeknownst to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.26,0:04:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the experimenter has been trained\Nto harass you during it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.28,0:04:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we're going to all do this together.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.66,0:04:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going to be fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.40,0:04:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.45,0:04:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.49,0:04:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.72,0:04:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you all to count backwards from 996
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.75,0:04:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in increments of seven.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.14,0:04:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to do this out loud,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.77,0:04:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as fast as you can,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.77,0:04:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting with 996.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.89,0:04:27.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.95,0:04:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience counting)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.33,0:04:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go faster. Faster please.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.15,0:04:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going too slow.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.54,0:04:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience counting)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.60,0:04:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stop. Stop, stop, stop.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.11,0:04:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That guy made a mistake.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.54,0:04:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are going to have to start\Nall over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.77,0:04:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.79,0:04:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not very good at this, are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.03,0:04:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so you get the idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.50,0:04:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you were actually in this study,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.34,0:04:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd probably be a little stressed out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.29,0:04:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your heart might be pounding,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.82,0:04:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might be breathing faster,\Nmaybe breaking out into a sweat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.23,0:04:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And normally, we interpret\Nthese physical changes as anxiety
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.82,0:05:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or signs that we aren't coping\Nvery well with the pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.14,0:05:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what if you viewed them instead
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.02,0:05:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as signs that your body was energized,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.36,0:05:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was preparing you to meet this challenge?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.06,0:05:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that is exactly\Nwhat participants were told
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.65,0:05:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a study conducted\Nat Harvard University.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.60,0:05:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before they went\Nthrough the social stress test,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.42,0:05:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were taught to rethink\Ntheir stress response as helpful.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.62,0:05:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That pounding heart\Nis preparing you for action.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.41,0:05:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're breathing faster,\Nit's no problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.76,0:05:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's getting more oxygen to your brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.85,0:05:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And participants who learned to view\Nthe stress response
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.54,0:05:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as helpful for their performance,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.78,0:05:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, they were less stressed out,\Nless anxious, more confident,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.29,0:05:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the most fascinating finding to me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.38,0:05:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was how their physical\Nstress response changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.91,0:05:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, in a typical stress response,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.66,0:05:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your heart rate goes up,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.47,0:05:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your blood vessels\Nconstrict like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.34,0:05:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is one of the reasons\Nthat chronic stress
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.95,0:05:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is sometimes associated\Nwith cardiovascular disease.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.81,0:06:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not really healthy to be\Nin this state all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.52,0:06:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the study,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.63,0:06:05.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when participants viewed\Ntheir stress response as helpful,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.66,0:06:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their blood vessels\Nstayed relaxed like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.18,0:06:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their heart was still pounding,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.98,0:06:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is a much healthier\Ncardiovascular profile.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.73,0:06:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It actually looks a lot like what happens
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.38,0:06:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in moments of joy and courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.39,0:06:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over a lifetime of stressful experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.94,0:06:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this one biological change
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.12,0:06:28.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be the difference
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.43,0:06:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between a stress-induced\Nheart attack at age 50
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.43,0:06:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and living well into your 90s.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.36,0:06:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is really what the new\Nscience of stress reveals,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.44,0:06:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that how you think about stress matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.20,0:06:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my goal as a health\Npsychologist has changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.11,0:06:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I no longer want\Nto get rid of your stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.27,0:06:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to make you better at stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.23,0:06:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we just did a little intervention.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.94,0:06:53.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you raised your hand and said
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.48,0:06:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'd had a lot of stress\Nin the last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.55,0:06:57.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could have saved your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.40,0:07:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because hopefully the next time\Nyour heart is pounding from stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.95,0:07:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to remember this talk
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.79,0:07:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're going to think to yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.96,0:07:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is my body helping me\Nrise to this challenge.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.13,0:07:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you view stress in that way,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.47,0:07:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your body believes you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.52,0:07:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your stress response\Nbecomes healthier.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.20,0:07:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I said I have over a decade\Nof demonizing stress
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.38,0:07:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to redeem myself from,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.35,0:07:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we are going to do\None more intervention.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.96,0:07:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.09,0:07:31.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about one of the most under-appreciated\Naspects of the stress response,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.99,0:07:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the idea is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.85,0:07:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stress makes you social.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.27,0:07:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To understand this side of stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.05,0:07:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to talk about a hormone, oxytocin,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.92,0:07:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know oxytocin has already gotten\Nas much hype as a hormone can get.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.86,0:07:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It even has its own cute nickname,\Nthe cuddle hormone,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.20,0:07:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's released\Nwhen you hug someone.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.89,0:07:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is a very small part\Nof what oxytocin is involved in.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.57,0:07:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oxytocin is a neuro-hormone.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.87,0:08:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It fine-tunes\Nyour brain's social instincts.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.98,0:08:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It primes you to do things
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.98,0:08:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that strengthen close relationships.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.49,0:08:14.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oxytocin makes you crave physical contact\Nwith your friends and family.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.33,0:08:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It enhances your empathy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.92,0:08:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It even makes you more willing\Nto help and support
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.63,0:08:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people you care about.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.67,0:08:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people have even suggested\Nwe should snort oxytocin...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.18,0:08:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become more compassionate and caring.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.34,0:08:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's what most people\Ndon't understand about oxytocin.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.16,0:08:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a stress hormone.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.13,0:08:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your pituitary gland pumps this stuff out
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.25,0:08:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of the stress response.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.80,0:08:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's as much a part\Nof your stress response
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.05,0:08:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the adrenaline that makes\Nyour heart pound.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.27,0:08:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when oxytocin is released\Nin the stress response,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.97,0:08:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is motivating you to seek support.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.33,0:08:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your biological stress response
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.38,0:09:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is nudging you to tell\Nsomeone how you feel,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.93,0:09:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of bottling it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.31,0:09:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your stress response wants\Nto make sure you notice
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.41,0:09:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when someone else\Nin your life is struggling
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.73,0:09:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you can support each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.30,0:09:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When life is difficult,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.98,0:09:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your stress response wants you\Nto be surrounded
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.59,0:09:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by people who care about you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.16,0:09:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so how is knowing this side\Nof stress going to make you healthier?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.69,0:09:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, oxytocin doesn't only act\Non your brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.27,0:09:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also acts on your body,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.66,0:09:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of its main roles in your body
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.86,0:09:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to protect your cardiovascular system\Nfrom the effects of stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.96,0:09:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a natural anti-inflammatory.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.52,0:09:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also helps your blood vessels\Nstay relaxed during stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.97,0:09:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But my favorite effect on the body\Nis actually on the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.37,0:09:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your heart has receptors for this hormone,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.33,0:09:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and oxytocin helps heart cells regenerate
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.81,0:09:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and heal from any stress-induced damage.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.77,0:10:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This stress hormone\Nstrengthens your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.59,0:10:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the cool thing\Nis that all of these physical benefits
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.86,0:10:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of oxytocin are enhanced\Nby social contact and social support.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.91,0:10:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you reach out\Nto others under stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.83,0:10:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either to seek support\Nor to help someone else,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.10,0:10:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you release more of this hormone,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.11,0:10:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your stress response becomes healthier,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.37,0:10:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you actually recover\Nfaster from stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.66,0:10:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find this amazing,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.80,0:10:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that your stress response\Nhas a built-in mechanism
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.73,0:10:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for stress resilience,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.63,0:10:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that mechanism is human connection.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.17,0:10:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to finish by telling you\Nabout one more study.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.40,0:10:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And listen up, because this study\Ncould also save a life.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.65,0:10:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This study tracked about 1,000 adults\Nin the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.93,0:10:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they ranged in age from 34 to 93,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.09,0:10:56.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they started the study by asking,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.36,0:10:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How much stress have you\Nexperienced in the last year?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.78,0:11:02.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also asked,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.30,0:11:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How much time have you spent\Nhelping out friends, neighbors,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.96,0:11:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people in your community?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.13,0:11:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they used public records\Nfor the next five years
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.91,0:11:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find out who died.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.53,0:11:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, so the bad news first:
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.21,0:11:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For every major stressful life experience,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.17,0:11:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like financial difficulties\Nor family crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.22,0:11:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that increased the risk\Nof dying by 30 percent.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.45,0:11:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But -- and I hope you\Nare expecting a "but" by now --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.44,0:11:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that wasn't true for everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.88,0:11:38.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who spent time caring for others
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.54,0:11:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showed absolutely no stress-related\Nincrease in dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.06,0:11:44.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zero.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.74,0:11:46.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Caring created resilience.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.23,0:11:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we see once again
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.72,0:11:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the harmful effects\Nof stress on your health
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.35,0:11:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not inevitable.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.58,0:11:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How you think and how you act
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.04,0:12:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can transform your experience of stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.100,0:12:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you choose to view\Nyour stress response as helpful,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.94,0:12:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you create the biology of courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.55,0:12:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you choose to connect\Nwith others under stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.99,0:12:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can create resilience.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.61,0:12:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I wouldn't necessarily ask\Nfor more stressful experiences in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.16,0:12:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this science has given me\Na whole new appreciation for stress.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.24,0:12:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stress gives us access to our hearts.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.90,0:12:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The compassionate heart\Nthat finds joy and meaning
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.58,0:12:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in connecting with others,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.12,0:12:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yes, your pounding physical heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.68,0:12:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working so hard to give you\Nstrength and energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.94,0:12:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you choose to view\Nstress in this way,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.29,0:12:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not just getting better at stress,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.80,0:12:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're actually making\Na pretty profound statement.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.63,0:13:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're saying that you can trust yourself\Nto handle life's challenges.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.93,0:13:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're remembering\Nthat you don't have to face them alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.66,0:13:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.73,0:13:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.01,0:13:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris Anderson: This is kind\Nof amazing, what you're telling us.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.09,0:13:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems amazing to me\Nthat a belief about stress
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.02,0:13:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can make so much difference\Nto someone's life expectancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.50,0:13:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How would that extend to advice,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.73,0:13:35.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, if someone is making\Na lifestyle choice
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.89,0:13:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between, say, a stressful job\Nand a non-stressful job,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.77,0:13:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does it matter which way they go?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.45,0:13:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's equally wise to go\Nfor the stressful job
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.98,0:13:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so long as you believe\Nthat you can handle it, in some sense?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.92,0:13:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,KM: Yeah, and one thing\Nwe know for certain
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.20,0:13:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that chasing meaning\Nis better for your health
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.61,0:13:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than trying to avoid discomfort.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.22,0:13:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I would say that's really\Nthe best way to make decisions,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.29,0:14:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is go after what it is\Nthat creates meaning in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.03,0:14:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then trust yourself to handle\Nthe stress that follows.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.76,0:14:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CA: Thank you so much, Kelly.\NIt's pretty cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.15,0:14:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)