English Project by Ishita Chaudhary 11 A

ENGLISH PROJECT
TOPIC-HOW TO MAKE STRESS YOUR FRIEND

(A TED TALK by KELLY MCGONIAL)
PREPARED BY –ISHITA CHAUDHARY

CLASS -11TH –A
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
As we all know stress has become a very integral part of our
lives, it is common to everyone. We all consider it as an
enemy so my purpose of choosing this topic is to change the
approach of readers towards stress supported by scientific
studies so that we all can learn to see the positive side of
stress and handle it in an efficient manner so that it can’t
hamper our productivity also it’s said that the effects of
stress on our body are inevitable so through this topic I want
to make readers aware that we are not under the control of
stress, it’s remote control lies inside our minds.
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CERTIFICATE
ACTION PLAN FOR THE
COMPLETION OF ASSIGNED TASK
In order to complete the assigned task that is to prepare a

report on any interview, podcast etc. on time, firstly I
searched for a ted talk on the topic favourable for me then I
listened it in order to prepare a report along with making
rough notes so that content for the report can be framed in a
better manner and finally wrote a report on the above
mentioned topic.
MATERIAL FOR REPORT
REPORT
“Stop focusing on how stressed you are and remember how blessed
you are”
Generally the term stress means pressure or strain. Life constantly
subjects us to various kind pressures be it physical, emotional or
psychological. We all experience stress, be it moderate or intense, it
is very well woven in a life of human, and undoubtly we all have
same kind of perception about it, we all think it’s like an evil which
destroys us physically, mentally and emotionally, we keep telling
people that stress is bad for your health it increases the risk of
cardiovascular diseases and much more, we all have turned it into an
enemy but what if I say stress is your friend? You may judge me and
consider me as crazy but believe me we need to change our
approach towards stress, a study by American researchers would
definitely change the approach. In the study about 30,000 Americans
were asked two simple questions-the first one was how much stress
they had experienced last year and second one was if they believe
stress is harmful for their health or not and when the completion of
data collection was done, after 8 years they used Public Health
Report to find out who died among them and concluded that people
who experience a lot of stress have 43% increased risk of dying but
here comes a twist, it is only true for those who believe stress is
harmful for the health ,whereas people who have lot of stress but
didn’t view stress as harmful are at no risk of dying in fact they are at
lowest risk than anyone in the study. Shocking, right? So from now
onwards instead of saying stress is the top 15th reason of death in
USA it’s better to say that belief of considering stress as harmful for
health is a major cause of death in USA. Even science also says that
changing your approach towards stress can significantly change
body’s response towards stress. Generally sweating, throbbing of
heart, increased breathing rate are signs of stress but what if we
start thinking that these signs are making body even more energised
,it’s making us to prepare for the challenges ,due to increased
breathing more and more oxygen is going to brain and other organs
that’s what scientist of Harvard University tested and proved that
such positive thinking towards signs of stress bring positive changes
in body ,it prevents blocking of arteries and keeps them relaxed and
enhances cardiovascular health hence we should not try to get rid of
stress but should try to make ourselves better out of stress because
after all how we think really matters to our body. Coming to other
major benefit that makes us to reconsider our idea about stress is
that it makes us even more social, amazing power of stress right?
Nowadays when we are going far from our social relations and are
becoming self-cantered ,stress is trying hard to restore them back
,the science behind this is that pituitary gland releases a neuro
hormone called Oxytocin and in common language it is known as
cuddle hormone because it is generally released when we hug
someone but amazingly it is released during stress as well so that our
body can motivate us to tell someone about how we feel during odd
conditions, instead of bottling it within hence this stress hormone
makes us to crave for friends and family and makes our relations
better with society and makes us to help others hence when we feel
that life is difficult our stress wants us to make us surround by
people we love ,another aspect is that this stress hormone oxytocin
prevent heart related problems and makes stress respond of our
body even more healthier. Will you still consider it an enemy? at the
end I would like to state that it’s in our hands to make stress our
friend or enemy ,when you make it as your enemy then you and your
organs will go through the same condition as majority of people go
through ,they lose the enthusiasm and make their lives colourless
but if we make stress our friend we change our destiny as instead of
suffering from heart diseases at 50’s we live happily till 90’s ,when
we understand that it’s harmful effects are not inevitable and change
our perspective towards it and think that stress is helpful then we
create strongest stress medicine of the world and when we choose
to connect with others during stress then we create resilience .
STUDENT’S REFLECTION
I feel really lucky that I got a chance to do this project only
because of this project I came to know about the idea of
stress as friend which will definitely help me in my future, I
came to know about the ways to deal with stress, also
through this project I was able to express my ideas freely and
came to know about various scientific researches and facts
which overall enhanced my knowledge and gave me a life
lesson.
LIST OF RESOURCES
Link - https://youtu.be/RcGyVTAoXEU
THANK YOU

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TOPIC-HOW TO MAKE STRESS YOUR FRIEND

PREPARED BY –ISHITA CHAUDHARY

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