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conscious beings that we now over complicate stress which used
to be a simple subconscious survival mechanism.  We are not
teaching our bodies to react with our mind, we are retraining
ourselves to not over think our physical coping mechanisms to
life.  Two things in Kelly's talk got me thinking about the
roots of this: 1. Stress is the body's way of overcoming the
stressor. 2. Human interaction is a natural desire that helps
stress. First off, why would we think of stress as bad when it's
purpose is to help us? Kelley McGonigal has stated it and
biology states it, stress is the body's way to react to a
challenge. Who would want to compete with this natural reaction?
By saying our mind has the power to create a positive affect
from stress is to say that stress is a negative reaction. But as
stated, it has been a positive response and we have to
rediscover how to work with that response. Rega