tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464370449529658134.post1307563231388369913..comments2023-10-30T04:41:35.329-04:00Comments on Practicing Mental Illness: What If It's Not The Stress After All?George Hofmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148445673283362651noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5464370449529658134.post-30644937492451256812014-03-24T10:57:22.813-04:002014-03-24T10:57:22.813-04:00I'm not so sure McGonigal was correct in her c...I'm not so sure McGonigal was correct in her conclusions either. While the studies she cited seem to indicate that people who believed stress was "very bad" for them had a higher rate of death than those who didn't, all this tells me is that you can significantly increase your stress levels (unhealthy to begin with) by being convinced your stress is going to kill/damage you. This additional level of heightened fear just adds to your prior levels of "stress" that you experienced in the first place. No surprise here that this group would have higher death rates. To me, all this proves is that certain beliefs can create more stress and alternative beliefs may be able to reduce some of our stress. But where did the original stress come from in the first place? Well, a lot of it came from a multitude of other beliefs that we have and this was not address by McGonigal nor would it be likely to lower our main stress load just by changing your one belief about whether stress may be bad or not so bad for you. It might reduce the ADDED amount of stress you will add but it won't do a thing to reduce your chronic levels of stress otherwise.Mort (Doc) Orman, M.D.http://ormanstressrelief.comnoreply@blogger.com