A TED talk by Kelly McGonigal, a US health psychologist, is worth watching as it will fundamentally change your ideas on stress.
McGonigal explores research which concluded that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case.
How you think and act can transform your experience of stress.
The talk explores how stress helps you rise to the challenges you face and how oxytocin, a neuro hormone that your body releases due to stress, makes you more social and drives you to seek support.
Stress can help you create resilience and connect with others in a caring way.
Over 32 million people have watched it.
And so should you https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend