42 Can stress be Avoided ? 压力能够回避吗 ？
①In the 1960s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events.They preciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. Negative events like"serious illness of a family member"were high on the list,but so were some positive life changing events.,like marriage. When you take the Thomas -Rahe test you must remember that the score does not reflect how you deal with stress ---it only show that the way you handle these events dramaticly affects your chances of staying healthy.
②By the early 1970s, hundreds of similar studies had followed Holmes and Rahe.And millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried the over the reports. Somehow, the research got boiled down to a memorable message.Women's magazines ran headlines like "stress cause illness ! "If you want to stay physically and mentally healthy, the article said,avoid stressful events.
③But such simplistic advice is impossible to follow. Even if stressful events are dangerous,many---like a death of a love one---are impossible to avoid.Moreover,any warning to avoid all of stressful events is a precipitation for staying away from opportunities as well as trouble.Since any change can be stressful,a person who want to be completely free of stress would never marry, had a child, take a new job or move.
④The notion that all stress make you sick also Ignores a lot of what we kown about people.It asumme we're all vulnerable and passive in the face of hardship.But what about human initiative and creativity ? Many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental vigor than they had before.We also know that a long time without change or challenge can lead to boredom, and physical and mental strain.
