Read the excerpt from the reading, "Understanding Stress."
The right level of stress can make a person feel stronger and more energetic. Researchers believe that in the past this energy helped people to hunt for animals and to protect themselves from danger. They released stress with physical activity involved in hunting, and then their bodies could relax again. Although people today still experience an increase in energy in response to stress, they do not use energy like the hunter-gatherers did. As a result, it is more difficult for their bodies to let go of stress.
This excerpt talks about how people in the past released, or managed, their stress. The writer says that people today generally do not manage their stress the same way that people did in the past. Click on the button if you would like to read the complete reading.
What is a stressful situation you have experienced? How did you manage the stress? Was it helpful or not helpful? If it was not helpful, what would you do differently another time?