Stress Informative Speech

Selena Xu

1. Stress is something we experience everyday and we always thinks that stress can make us sick. Through the TED talk, we see that people who experienced tons of stress last year increase the risk of dying by 43%, however this is only true to people who believes that stress is harmful for their health. When you are experiencing stress, your heart will be pounding, you will breaths faster and break out into a sweat without even knowing, for most of the time, we interpret signs of physical changes as anxiety that we cannot work under pressure. We can think of stress as a helpful thing, and the pounding heart shows that you are prepared. When you are breathing faster, more oxygen are regulated to your brain. When people thinks that stress are helpful, their blood vessels will stayed relaxed and a much healthier cardiovascular profile was seen. Oxytocin is a neuro-hormone, it primes you to do things that strengthen close relationships and enhances your empathy. It increase your willingness and empathy to help and support the people you care about. It's also a stress hormone. It’s also plays one of the main roles in your body , which is to protect the cardiovascular system from stress, it also helps your blood vessels stay relaxed during stress.Oxytocin can also strengthens your heart. The way you think and act can transform your experience of stress. When you view your stress response as a healthy and helpful choice, you create courage. When you connect with others under stress, you can
IB students are undertaken a lot of stress, for example I am currently enrolled in partial IB, and I need to keep up with all the labs, homeworks and learning materials. Every time when I need to write an important exam or the deadline is way early than expected, I experiences tons of stress. When I encounter stress, I usually take small breaks between subjects, and make sure that I’m eating properly and get enough sleep, so I can be prepared for upcoming challenges