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Okay. Some bad news first. People who experienced a lot of stress in the previous year had a 43 percent increased risk of dying. But that was only true for the people who also believed that stress is harmful for your health. (Laughter) People who experienced a lot of stress but did not view stress as harmful were no more likely to die. In fact, they had the lowest risk of dying of anyone in the study, including people who had relatively little stress.
Now the researchers estimated that over the eight years they were tracking deaths, 182,000 Americans died prematurely, not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for you. (Laughter) That is over 20,000 deaths a year. Now, if that estimate is correct, that would make believing stress is bad for you the 15th largest cause of death in the United States last year, killing more people than skin cancer, HIV/AIDS and homicide. (Laughter)
You can see why this study freaked me out. Here I’ve been spending so much energy telling people stress is bad for your health.
So this study got me wondering: Can changing how you think about stress make you healthier? And here the science says yes. When you change your mind about stress, you can change your body’s response to stress.
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Okay. Some bad news first. People who experienced a lot of stress in the previous year had a 43 percent increased risk of dying. But that was only true for the people who also believed that stress is harmful for your health. (Laughter) People who experienced a lot of stress but did not view stress as harmful were no more likely to die. In fact, they had the lowest risk of dying of anyone in the study, including people who had relatively little stress.
Now the researchers estimated that over the eight years they were tracking deaths, 182,000 Americans died prematurely, not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for you. (Laughter) That is over 20,000 deaths a year. Now, if that estimate is correct, that would make believing stress is bad for you the 15th largest cause of death in the United States last year, killing more people than skin cancer, HIV/AIDS and homicide. (Laughter)
You can see why this study freaked me out. Here I’ve been spending so much energy telling people stress is bad for your health.
So this study got me wondering: Can changing how you think about stress make you healthier? And here the science says yes. When you change your mind about stress, you can change your body’s response to stress.
previous: a. 先の，以前の、直前の
previous year: 前年
harmful: a. 有害な，害になる，害を及ぼす《to, for》
view: vt. 〜を（…と）見なす，考える《as》
estimate: vt. （〜であると）評価する，見積もる、概算する
prematurely: adv. 若くして；しかるべき時よりも早く；時期尚早に
belief: n. 信念，信じること，確信，信じること
estimate: n. 見積もり，推定，評価，判断
skin cancer: 皮膚がん
HIV: = human immunodeficiency virus ヒト免疫不全ウイルス，エイズウイルス
AIDS: = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome エイズ、後天性免疫不全症候群
homicide: n. 殺人（犯罪）
freak out:〈人〉をひどく心配にさせる、びくびくさせる
change one’s mind: 気［考え］が変わる
response: n. ［出来事に対する］反応；反響
解説
ストレスに対する自分の思いが変わると、ストレスに対する体の反応も変わるということが分かると、そのストレスと思っている状況も自分の思いが作っていると分かるのでしょう。
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