How to Use Stress to Your Advantage

Have you ever have one of those days where you just feel like shit? It's one of those days where you wish you did not have to deal with people and you wish your life could be just like your pet, at least your dog or cat only has to eat and sleep rather than dealing with the responsibilities that go with being an adult.  If you have, then you are going through some stressful time right now.  Stress has a negative connotation and most people would do whatever it takes to avoid it.  It's logical right? Many mental illnesses and problems stem from stress and therapists and physicians encourage their patients to seek help when their stress hits at serious level.  As I was talking to my sister today, she stated how she likes to turn negative energy stress to something positive since stress can do some good to us.

Here are a few benefits of stress:

1.  Stress shows you are doing something with your life.
2.  You are bettering yourself when you go through problems.
3.  You are learning how to work under pressure.  This will help us in any future career endeavors.
4.  It adds excitements to our life.

Of course, we should not go out there and seek out opportunities for stress.  People have a tendency to connect stress with the bad feelings in life but we have to remember to use stress to our own advantage.