Stress and us humans are obviously not a love affair: In fact, 85 percent of us would prefer nothing to do with it. But now researchers are saying that it is not stress that makes us sick, but how we deal with it. In fact, we need a lot more stress, it just has to be the right kind! And it would awaken superpowers in us. When we talk about stress these days, we usually mean distress, i.e. a stressful, negative feeling of stress that we feel when situations overwhelm us. If it only lasts for a short time, we can usually digest it well. But if it becomes chronic, it can damage our health: it is a contributing factor to illnesses ranging from severe depression to type 2 diabetes and severe memory loss. In addition, researchers at the Max Planck Institute have shown that stress is contagious and, according to studies by the University of Zurich, even across generations. Stress could therefore be hereditary! The problem: almost one in two people said they suffered from severe stress in 2022. So are we in a stress pandemic? It's no wonder that we desperately use all means at our disposal - including strong medication. But scientists see the real crux of the matter in this attack against stress: stress is not actually bad per se. On the contrary: the founding father of stress research, Hans Selye, called stress a natural stimulant that makes us more cognitively and physically capable and helps us to surpass ourselves. It just has to be the right kind of stress: eustress. But how do we get to it? The answer: we have to change the way we perceive stress. So do we need new stress software in our brains - a kind of update for our stress responses? Science documentary series, directed by Thomas Kulik (D 2023, 30 min) #stress #pandemic #everyday Video available until January 27, 2027 Link to the media library: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/109818-... Sources and further links: Always this stress... ... it makes us sick, ... https://www.mpg.de/14268411/psych_jb_... ... it is contagious, ... https://www.mpg.de/forschung/stress-e... ... and potentially hereditary. https://idw-online.de/de/news756021 Our friend, stress. Does good stress even exist? The eternal hunt for the phantom… https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1... … and how researchers have come closer and closer to it over time … https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... https://www.barmer.de/gesundheit-vers... … and now suspect: stress is what we make of it: https://www.uni-mannheim.de/forschung... https://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/psy... For a stress-free future: Why we should never give up hope ... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/f... … and how we can break out of the stress-hereditary chain ourselves. https://ethz.ch/de/news-und-veranstal... Music in this episode 01:00:02:18 - 01:00:29:12 Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110 II. Allegro molto 01:02:33:11 - 01:03:11:24 Bonobo - The Fever 01:01:21:23 - 01:02:05:01 The Cinematic Orchestra - Flite 01:04:15:09 - 01:04:46:22 GoGo Penguin - Parasite 01:05:00:05 - 01: 05:39:20 Badbadnotgood - Hedron 01:15:31:01 - 01:16:27:09 Hania Rani - Glass 01:06:37:16 - 01:07:43:00 Avishai Cohen Trio - The ever evolving etude 01:12:52:01 - 01:13:01:18 Boards of Canada - Olson 01:15:15:01 - 01:15:33:07 György Ligeti - String quartet No.2 01:26:54:15 - 01:28:19:14 The Blaze - Territory 01:28:52:20 - 01:29:40:22 Kokoroko - Abusey Junction Subscribe to the ARTE YouTube channel: / artede Follow us on social networks: Facebook: / arte.tv Twitter: / artede Instagram: / arte.tv