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(2023·上海青浦·统考一模)If people actually embrace the concept of stress, it can make them stronger, smarter and happier, a Stanford expert says.
One reason why how you think about stress matters is that it changes how you ____1____ stress. Viewing stress as ____2____ leads people to cope in ways that are less helpful, whether it’ s dragging your feet to avoid stress, or imagining worst- case scenes.
____3____, viewing stress more positively seems to encourage people to cope in ways that help them thrive, whether it’s tackling the source of stress, ____4____ social support or finding meaning in it.
Choosing to see the upside of stress isn’t about ____5____ the fact that stress can be harmful. It’ s about trying to balance your mindset so that you feel less overwhelmed and ____6____ about the fact that your life is stressful. Psychologists have found that the ability to embrace stress requires a high ____7____ for uncertainty. You have to be able to understand that two ____8____ opposite things can be true at the same time. It can be true that ____9____ something stressful can make you sick or depressed, and it can also be true that the same stressful experience can ultimately make you stronger, more compassionate and more resilient over time.
Stress is most likely to be harmful when the following conditions are_____10_____: it feels against your will, out of your control and utterly lacking in meaning. If you can _____11_____ any of these conditions — by finding some meaning in it — you can reduce the harmful effects of stress.
Rather than being a sign that something is wrong with your life, feeling stressed can be a( n) _____12_____ of how engaged you are in activities and relationships that are personally meaningful.
One simple mindset reset that can help us face and find the good in the stress in our lives is to view it as a( n) _____13_____to learn and grow. The ability to learn from stress is_____14_____ into the basic biology of t