Studies show that those who perceive stress as having little impact on their health actually exhibit the lowest health hazard from stress. Sooo next time your caught in a pickle, your heart starts thumping & your getting all sweaty think about those natural bodily reactions as actually helping- lot of cases they really are!! (i.e.: stress can = boost production of neurons)
*talking about acute or tolerable stress here, not toxic/chronic stress(that stuff is no good)*
[TedTalk: How to make stress your friend]