We Need To Talk About Stress

Stress Does Not Just Happen To You. You Chose It

Claudia Brose
5 min readJun 16, 2023
Photo by averie woodard on Unsplash

There is a lot of talk about stress, and usually, we connect stress with something negative. And we seem to have a common understanding when someone uses the word stress, or, “I have so much stress”!

And in this sense, we have come to view stress as a negative experience. Or, as a badge of honor. Look at me, I am so stressed! Read: I am so busy; I must be great and important.

“The use of the term stress is now so integrated into our thoughts that it sometimes feels it has always been there.” (Which, it hasn’t.) “In fact, stress, as we currently think of it, is a relatively new concept and is one that continues to evolve”, describes Jerry Kennard, Ph.D. of the British Psychological Society.

Think a moment about what you get anxious and stressed about. And why.

And then think about this: We only stress about things that we care about.

I Care, So I Stress About It

When I organize a photography workshop event and it is getting close to the point when all the participants arrive, I get all stressed out. Or, so it feels.

When I think a bit more about this “stress feeling” I realize, I am thrilled, excited, and…

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Claudia Brose

Writer, Event-Creator, Marketing Professional turned Rebel against a rushed world | Japan mad | Cyclist | Get my Newsletter Un-Rush claudiabrose.substack.com