Good Stress is Not an Oxymoron: Don’t Take Stress Management Too Far Or You’ll Die of Boredom

We know all about the negative effects of stress, including everything from heart disease to diabetes to divorce to insomnia to suicide. Given all the bad press stress gets, it’s easy to believe that stress is an evil that must be purged from our lives at all cost. We continually seek out the latest in stress management techniques to achieve a less stressful life. To some degree, this is a good idea - constant negative stress should be reduced whenever possible. However, there’s another side to stress - a positive side that’s frequently overlooked. Mental health professionals and doctors even have a name for positive stress: “eustress”. Eustress refers to the constructive stress that helps keep you motivated and driven in all aspects of your life. For example, an athlete may find a big game stressful, but the nerves and excitement of this eustress encourages him or her to push harder and play better. In this case, stress is a temporary response that brings... Read more »

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