Quick stress test

I was surprised when I read TED guidelines that warned groups to be cautious of anything or anyone purporting to provide anything "neuro": ideas, research, personal development clues,etc.  I guess the word is popular and a fashionable label.  A similar topic these days is stress.  It can damage us, although to some extent, to be alive is to be stressed, sometimes.  Of course, we don't want very high levels of stress and we don't want to be stressed all the time.  We need downtime and relaxation as well as tension and challenge.  

SharpBrains, like Posit Science, is an independent firm that works in areas related to brain science.  I found this very quick stress test that might be of interest.  I have tested and used all the links below and they are safe.  You might want to stand up and take a few deep, calming breaths before continuing.

http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/03/18/brain-teaser-for-stress/

Brain Teaser for Stress

           

By: Caroline Latham

                            

Here's a quick test to deter­mine your stress level.  Read the fol­low­ing descrip­tion com­pletely before look­ing at the picture.

The pic­ture below was used in a case study on stress lev­els at St. Mary's Hos­pi­tal. Look at both dol­phins jump­ing out of the water. The dol­phins are iden­ti­cal. A closely mon­i­tored, sci­en­tific study revealed that, in spite of the fact that the dol­phins are iden­ti­cal, a per­son under stress would find dif­fer­ences between the two dol­phins. The more dif­fer­ences a per­son finds between the dol­phins, the more stress that per­son is experiencing.

Look at the pho­to­graph, and if you find more than one or two dif­fer­ences, you may want to take a vaca­tion or at least get a massage.

–> CLICK HERE to see the pic­ture before read­ing more.

How did you do? Do you need a vaca­tion?! Appar­ently I do!

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Bill
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