Exam 37: Reducing Stress

High stress has a positive impact on memory and other mental skills such as creativity,concentration,and attention to details.

When stress persists,stress hormones (cortisol and epinephrine)remain active in the body's systems,damaging almost every part of the body.

To reduce stress of many kinds,you can choose new behaviors and/or new thoughts.

Creators accept responsibility not only for the results they create in their outer world but also for the emotions they experience in their inner world.

Feeling overwhelmed is probably the most common stressor for college students.To begin reducing this feeling,you can use the following self-management tool to list and prioritize everything you need to do in each of your life roles (then you can begin doing the high-priority tasks one by one).