Is Stress Debilitating?

People who think that stress is debilitating sometimes do worse than people who have a more positive attitude about stress. What we see typically in students and adolescents, is that the experience of stress leads to a loss of self control. And what we've found is that stress minds shat severs this link. So adolescents who believe that stress can be enhancing actually don't have that negative impact on self control. If anything, it might go the opposite directions. Youx an stress and you think, ok, this is a cold, dark night. Ah, this is part of what it's like to grow up. I can engage more. I can become empowered. I can work through this. I