Status Updates From Under Pressure: The Science...

Stress interferes with memory, but it more often interferes with forming memories.

Our visual search abilities are better when we’re challenged and worse when we feel threatened.

People who recover best are those surrounded by family and friends.

Most resilient kids had three things:

- trust in other people
- strong community support
- self-confidence and courage

Resilient kids and grown-ups have loving families and friends.

when people endure trauma, certain genes are turn on, or expressed.

If you can overcome your startle response by taking action, you'll get your brain back to work more quickly.

differences in hormones, genes and brain pathways mean that men and women deal with stress differently

if we're too stressed to think straight, we should probably slow down and think twice.

I'm not sure I believe teens are really more stressed now than ever before. These studies are based on self-reported data, and many things can impact the way teens report their stress now vs. ten years ago other than a quantitative increase: a growing awareness about poor mental health, a lessening stigma around needing help, changes in parenting styles, etc. Are they actually more stressed or just more aware of it?