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hahaa and make sure u brush your teeth and hes got big piece of corn in his mouth!
wow 55% huh? i thought it would be higher than that.. cool
uhg. hate punk looks.. its so uncool
Don't forget to brush your teeth!! 🙂
100% of youtube comments are all useless to me, even this one. ha ha.
I wish it (% based on looks) wasn't that high. 🙁
all youtube commentors are liers
why are you thumbs down me? I'm praising your honesty here. If I said "all youtube commentors are liers" that includes me, who comments on youtube, which makes that statement untrue, which means no one's a lier. jeez.
There there, its going to be ok (cyber hug) I believe you
u mean 100%
More than 50% depends on looks huh?? this is fake if not how come I've not landed a job yet loool?
got the job?
BONE cologne!?! ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Does that work in Britain?
hahahahhaha AWESOME
lol a briefcase or portfolio HAHA
the best way to dress for a job interview is to dress as a cop
@EstepaOnYou you must be good looking to say that. innit
@richrainbow 100% of all statistics that claim that a certain percent of statistics are made up on the spot are made up on the spot.
@nancymtb Were you born knowing it, smartypants?
@richrainbow was that statistic made up?
Can someone please help me out.
I have an Interview on Royal Mail for Christmas. My task will be to sort out mails, Moving mailbags from cages, etc.
Can someone tell me what to wear for my Interview. Shall I wear Suit?
Is not a really professional Job that why I am confused.
Just want to know about the interview.
55% was probably a number they pulled out of their ass, but it's probably somewhere there….
—> My guess is probably somewhere closer to 85%…. After all, that is THE first impression…. Unless they can literally hear you coming in which case you most likely have bigger problems.
@prodigee411 LOL exactly…. I always hate how you are "supposed" to be all shy and coy about inquiring about wages/salary….. It's not like some douche-bag is going to say: ohhhhh, you'd like more money for us to hire you? OkAYYYY!!! —-> Unless you show them you are amazing and literally can take offers from wherever you want.
@richrainbow i thought 112% were o.O
I'm just wearing nice jeans and a dress up shirt.
@richrainbow well theres a 78.6% chance that you made that statistic up on the spot
DO i need to take my portfolio for a simple job like target?
I guess common sense need to be taught nowadays.
@jazzieplusu14 you have dreads but you can still style it to be very professionally looking
@richrainbow That's a common misconception. Research shows it's actually a lot closer to 63%
I find it HIGHLY ironic that the ad before this video is for "fun in Vegas."
I have one today 🙂
@TheBboycable lmfao, haha so true
@richrainbow You mean 78.59138410384798237082794387208347% of facts. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!
LMAO this made me laugh! the guy at the beginning hahahah what a freak
@prodigee411 ROFL
A retards way of describing how you are supposed to conform to what the companies policies are. Congratulations. ( :
In reality a person can wear whatever tie he wants so long as A) its matches and makes him look smart and B)its not a novelty tie (cartoons, silly comments, offensive slurs etc). I often wear paisley ties with patterns and flowers and I have never yet had a problem with my interviews. They make me look smart and creative. In the UK job centre and careers advisors tell you that we should go for plain ties, but that just means that this prevents you from standing out among a group of lemmings.
at 1:59… does that mean it's hard for mexicans and black people to get a job?
Using you're and your correctly helps too.
It's a shame that getting a job is mostly based on how good of a show you can put on and not how good of a worker/employee you might be.
Wearing a shirt and tie for a guy is sexist, also taking a brief case is overkill and wearing jewellery is for girls, another thing tucking your shirt in makes you look like a complete dork only granddad does tha, andt most aftershave on the market smells like complete shit so why bother! just wash!
I'm pretty sure that the guy at the beginning flunked the interview.
oh man thank god im white and a male, holy sheeeeeit
I don't see anything wrong with what he was wearing to begin with!
ha ha ha
spot on mate. couldn't agree more.
great thinking…you have so many valid points there. Highly thought provoking. double thumbs up.
I wonder how that turned out for you?
They said that perception is based on how you look. Your ethnicity is PART of how you look. It's sort of included.
gosh are you mad?if they ask you to dress sexy and just wear bikini and bra for girls is it ok? what the shit?
I'm going to make a YTP parody of this.
Employers' obsession with how well one's hair is combed at a job interview is directly at odds with the fact that wind happens between the time one gets out of the car & the time one enters the building.
The video was informative and the comedy was used tastefully to drive the point home. Very well done.
What kind of audience are these Howcast wankers targeting??? We all know nobody would turn up to an interview like that… Then again not surprising considering it's American shit!!!
For like ocb or McDonald's, carwash can I just wear geans and a t shirt?
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Most studies on European hake focus on the recruitment process and nursery areas, whereas the information is comparatively limited on the ecology of the juvenile stage (
La mayoría de estudios de merluza europea se han centrado en el proceso de reclutamiento y sus hábitats preferentes, mientras que la información es mucho más escasa sobre los procesos ecológicos asociados a la fase juvenil (i.e. segundo año de vida aproximadamente), la cual se considera la más impactada por la pesca de arrastre en el Mediterráneo. En este estudio usamos la información del programa MEDITS para investigar, temporal y espacialmente, la posible influencia del tamaño corporal y el crecimiento sobre la supervivencia desde la fase de reclutas (edad 0) a la de juveniles (edad 1). También se ha evaluado la posible influencia de la temperatura y la clorofila superficial. A una escala biogeográfica, los resultados corroboran la influencia de la talla sobre la supervivencia, con mayor supervivencia asociada a áreas de mayor talla media de reclutas y juveniles. El mismo patrón se observó a escala interanual en algunas zonas del oeste el Mediterráneo, en las cuales se detectó también un efecto de denso-dependencia en el reclutamiento. Sin embargo, el patrón interanual más recurrente fue un efecto negativo de la talla sobre la supervivencia, que podría ser atribuido tanto a cambios ontogenéticos en la capturabilidad de los peces como a la posible infraestimación de los pulsos interanuales de reclutamiento que pueden resultar estacionalmente inaccesibles a las campañas MEDITS. Los resultados también evidencian que la supervivencia en Alborán y el Adriático depende de la variabilidad de la producción primaria, y que Córcega y Cerdeña podrían ser potencialmente áreas de alimentación que reciben juveniles de áreas adyacentes. El presente estudio evidencia la importancia de la influencia de la talla corporal y el crecimiento sobre la supervivencia juvenil de la merluza europea en el mar Mediterráneo.
The European hake (hereafter hake),
Although juvenile fish is a general concept that spans various stages between birth and adulthood, this period includes numerous important ontogenetic and critical life stages. From an applied perspective, fisheries scientists working in demersal fisheries often refer to the juvenile stage (also referred as post-recruits or sub-adults,
Numerous studies have reported size- and growth-dependent survival in juvenile fish (
The MEDITS survey provides a unique opportunity to investigate the spatial and temporal patterns of juvenile survival using information from areas that are regularly sampled on an annual basis according a common and standardized methodology (
Data have been obtained since 1994 from the EU International Mediterranean Bottom Trawl Survey (MEDITS) conducted on an annual base in spring and early summer on demersal grounds from 10 down to 800 m depth. A stratified random sampling design was adopted with five bathymetric strata: 10-50, 51-100, 101-200, 201-500 and 501-800 m. Specific details of the sampling methods can be found in
The study combines information for 12 geographical subareas (GSA): the northern Alboran Sea (GSA-1), the Balearic Islands (GSA-5), northern Spain (GSA-6), the Gulf of Lions (GSA-7), eastern Corsica (GSA-8), the Ligurian and northern Tyrrhenian seas (GSA-9), the southern and central Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA-10), Sardinia (GSA-11), southern Sicily (GSA-16), the northern-central Adriatic (GSA-17), the southern Adriatic (GSA-18) and the western Ionian (GSA-19).
European hake individuals caught in each haul were counted, sexed and measured to the half cm below. Abundance data were standardized to number of individuals per km2 using the swept area to obtain density estimates per haul, size class and year. To segregate information of non-sexed individuals into males and females, a sex-ratio vector was calculated for each geographical subarea. Density information for males and females was then grouped into recruits and juveniles according to growth information from
Survival and growth estimates per year and GSA were calculated separately for males and females using annual abundance and mean length indices, respectively. Given two consecutive years,
To explore the potential influence of inter-annual environmental variability of a given geographical subarea on juvenile survival, satellite data for sea surface temperature and surface chlorophyll
As there was no indicator of fishing pressure that was homogeneous in all analysed GSAs for the entire time period, we used the fishing pressure indicators calculated by
Prior to the statistical analyses, density-dependent relationships were checked for survival, differential growth and mean length (ML) of juveniles, against abundance of recruits and juveniles. In addition, mean survival estimates per GSA were compared against the growth and ML of both recruits and juveniles. Non-linear regressions (general additive models) were used in this study for visual representation of the functional form of these relationships. It is worth noticing that density-dependent relationships were assessed by combining information of males and females, while relationships between mean values per GSA were investigated by sex.
The statistical procedure for analysing the influence of size, growth and environmental variables on survival has two steps and was applied separately for males and females. First, for each GSA, time series of survival were modelled by applying linear models in terms of differential growth, ML of recruits of the previous year (
The lowest values of ML were observed along the Spanish coast and in the Ligurian and northern Tyrrhenian seas. For females, the lowest ML values were observed in the southern Adriatic Sea, while intermediate to high ML values were found in the Alboran Sea, the Gulf of Lions, the Balearic Islands, the Strait of Sicily and the northern Adriatic Sea.
The temporal pattern of the ML of recruits displayed large fluctuations (
In the case of growth (
On a broad Mediterranean scale, GSAs with higher ML of recruits and juveniles yielded higher survival for both sexes (
Significant density-dependent survival was observed in all GSAs, though it was stronger in the western areas, Sardinia and the western Ionian Sea (
|Geographic Subarea
|GSA-1 - Northern Alboran
|Chl-w** (+), ML rec (t–1)* (+) (R2adj=0.64)
|Chl–w** (+), ML rec (t–1)* (+) (R2adj=0.66)
|Chl–w** (+) (R2adj=0.46)
|GSA-5 - Balearic Islands
|ML juv (t)* (–) (R2adj=0.33)
|ML juv (t)* (–) (R2adj=0.35)
|GSA-6 - Northern Spain
|ML rec (t–1)* (+) (R2adj=0.23)
|Growth* (–) (R2adj=0.25)
|Growth* (–) (R2adj=0.22)
|GSA-7 - Gulf of Lion
|ML juv (t)** (–) (R2adj=0.32)
|ML juv (t)** (–)(R2adj=0.25)
|ML juv (t)** (–) (R2adj=0.38)
|GSA-8 - Corsica
|ML juv (t)** (–) (R2adj=0.28)
|GSA-9 - Ligurian-North Tyrrhenian
|ML juv (t)* (–) (R2adj=0.19)
|GSA-10 - South-Cenrtral Tyrrhenian
|ML juv (t)** (–) (R2adj=0.39)
|ML juv (t)** (–) (R2adj=0.38)
|ML juv (t)** (–) (R2adj=0.34)
|GSA-11 - Sardinia
|GSA-16 - South Sicily
|ML juv (t)* (–) (R2adj=0.19)
|ML juv (t)** (–) (R2adj=0.29)
|GSA-17 - Northern Adriatic
|Chl-s* (–) (R2adj=0.25)
|Chl-s* (–) (R2adj=0.25)
|Chl-s* (–) (R2adj=0.24)
|GSA-18 - Southern Adriatic
|Chl-s* (–) (R2adj=0.25)
|Chl-s* (–) (R2adj=0.25)
|Chl-s* (–) (R2adj=0.24)
|GSA-19 - Western Ionian
|Growth* (–) (R2adj=0.22)
|Growth* (–) (R2adj=0.28)
The global model, which analyses exclusively the most recurrent covariate (mean length of juveniles, MLjuv), showed a clear effect of MLjuv on male survival, with a significant effect in all the GSAs with the exception of the Alboran Sea (GSA-1) (
Our study indicates that the spatial and temporal coverage of the MEDITS programme can provide significant insights into the survival of juvenile hake in Mediterranean populations, despite sampling and ecological constraints. These constraints are associated with the seasonality of the information and the consequent lack of information of intra-annual recruitment events occurring later (i.e. autumn) than the period covered by the survey, along with the fast ontogenetic changes in the behaviour of the species. At a basin scale, the results support our expectations with higher survival in areas (i.e. GSAs) with higher ML. However, at an interannual level, the most recurrent pattern contrasts with higher survival at smaller MLs, which may have several explanations (see below). In addition, the results suggest that the relationship between survival and length (and growth) can be indirectly mediated by the strength of the density dependence, at least for the western Mediterranean areas. Finally, important elements of the study are the identification of areas with hake survival that is highly sensitive to primary production variability, such as the Alboran and Adriatic seas, and areas with positive survival values that could indicate movement of recruits and juvenile fish to these areas (i.e. eastern Corsica and Sardinia) or strong intra-annual recruitment events later in the year that were not detected during the survey. In general, analyses performed by sex provided the same message.
Although there is no geographical segregation in the mean patterns, survival and growth time series in the western areas (from the Alboran Sea, GSA-1, to Sardinia, GSA 11) show a more fluctuating and variable pattern both at an interannual scale and between areas. This may indicate a more complex combination of environmental and ecological processes, but also a more heterogeneous effect of fishing. In contrast, in the central areas (from the Strait of Sicily, GSA-16, to the western Ionian, GSA-19), the fluctuation pattern is greatly reduced for both survival and growth. The geographical pattern of mean survival reveals that the areas with higher ML of recruits are consistent with those of higher ML of juveniles, yielding higher survival. This finding suggests a fast-growth pattern during the pre-recruitment to fishery stages (first six months of life, including early life stages, bottom settlement and arrival at the nursery areas) that has been shown to lead to size-selective processes, as pre-recruits spend less time in smaller size classes, which are more vulnerable to predation (e.g.
The analyses at temporal scale of all GSAs show a negative effect of ML of juveniles, with higher survival at lower lengths—an opposite pattern to that observed at biogeographical scale. While this response seems counterintuitive a priori, it has previously been observed in analyses of juvenile survival using information of seasonal scientific surveys (
In addition to this general pattern, our analyses also indicate a positive effect of recruit length and a negative effect of juvenile growth on survival in the Alboran Sea (GSA-1), northern Spain (GSA-6) and western Ionian Sea (GSA-19). This finding evidences a size-dependent mortality shaping the regional population dynamics of hake for these areas, similarly to what has been observed in other species (
Our results show two areas (the Alboran and Adriatic seas) in which survival of juveniles is strongly controlled by environmental variability, and particularly by primary production. However, the season of the environmental effect differs in the two regions and the direction of the effect appears to be opposite. In the Alboran Sea, the increase in primary production due to the influence of the Atlantic inflow and the meandering and mesoscale circulation is known to fuel the whole trophic chain (
It is worth noting that eastern Corsica and Sardinia (and, to a lesser degree, western Ionian) show many years with positive survival values (more juveniles than recruits the year before), with no clear temporal trend. In addition to the potential influence of late-in-year recruitment pulses discussed above, another plausible explanation is that this pattern is a consequence of an active movement of recruits and juveniles from neighbouring areas. The high ML values of recruits for these two areas (eastern Corsica and Sardinia) support this hypothesis, suggesting that this active feeding migration could start during the second year of life of the species, once the ontogenetic bathymetric migration is finished. Although bathymetric migrations of juvenile hake have been described as part of the ontogenetic changes in habitat selection for this species (
Improving knowledge of the distribution and abundance patterns of exploited resources is a key element for offering better advice for fishing management. Doing so requires increasing the knowledge on life stages sensitive to climate forcing or fishing impact, such as recruits and juveniles of hake, for which conservative management measures play an important role in the Mediterranean Sea. Although we did not detect a robust sign of fishing impact in this study, the influence of fishing activity cannot be disregarded, as hake trawl fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea are mainly sustained by the exploitation of juveniles (
From the spatial management perspective (i.e. marine spatial planning), and its application to fisheries, the present study provides useful insights for implementing marine spatial planning in fisheries management in close communication with temporal fisheries assessment. As natural populations are highly dynamic in space and time, there is an increased need to include such spatiotemporal transboundary scenarios in a more flexible and adaptive fishing management (e.g. fisheries restricted areas or marine protected areas). For instance, management measures such as the recent protection of essential fish habitats for recruitment for hake and shrimps in the central Mediterranean (Strait of Sicily,
In addition, European fisheries are transitioning to new rules aimed at reducing discards and mandatorily bringing all catches to land (the "discard ban" or "landing obligation": Art. 15 of the new Common Fisheries Policy, Reg. EU No 1380/2013). These new rules are likely to affect fishery activities in Europe. As it is impossible to completely avoid unwanted catches, and the Common Fisheries Policy will progressively phase out discards of regulated species (i.e. those subject to quotas and species with a minimum conservation reference size in the Mediterranean; see Reg. EC No 1967/2006), it is essential to know the spatial patterns of the juvenile stage to characterize areas that may have high quantities and persistence of unwanted catches (
All these elements are well framed in the essence of the Mid-Term Strategy 2017-2020 (MTS, Resolution GFCM/40/2016/2) launched by the GFCM to implement new fisheries governance in the Mediterranean Sea and to ensure the conservation and sustainable exploitation of living marine resources while protecting habitats and vulnerable species from fishing. Indeed, the results of the present study may contribute to two of the five structured targets of the MST: i) reverse the declining trend of fish stocks through strengthened scientific advice in support of management, and ii) minimize and mitigate unwanted interactions between fisheries and marine ecosystems and environment. The present study provides information to improve the quantification of the survival in the recruit and juvenile stages of hake, which are the stages most harvested by commercial fleets, especially bottom trawlers. Our study also highlights the importance of size- and growth-dependent survival in the juvenile stages of hake in the Mediterranean Sea and the contribution that scientific surveys can regularly make to the understanding of these processes.
We thank all the dedicated people who have worked since 1994 on the research and fishing vessels conducting the MEDITS surveys throughout the Mediterranean Sea. MEDITS data were co-funded by the EU through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) within the national programme of collection, management and use of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific advice regarding the Common Fisheries Policy. MH also thanks P. Tugores for her help on the mapping and coding.
The following supplementary material is available through the online version of this article and at the following link:
Material and methods supplementary text.
Table S1. – Ranking of the criteria taken into account in MCDA per length overall (LOA) segmentation. The higher the grade, the more favourable the area is for trawl fishing activities.
Fig. S1. – Model residuals against response variable for the best linear model obtained for each GSA (
Fig. S2. – Scatter plot of the residuals of the global survival model for females applying a linear model on the standardized variables (mean 0 and variance 1) and the fishing pressure indicator for 1994 (left), 2004 (centre) and 2014 (right). While the negative correlations obtained between the fishing pressure indices and the residuals of the global model were very low (–0.23<rho≤0.17, right), those correlations for females were relatively high (–0.62<rho≤0.60, left). However, these high correlation values are forced by two extreme values of FPI: the lowest in the Balearic Islands (GSA-5) and the highest in the northern Adriatic (GSA-17).


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Do no evil? Google to unveil military robots after acquiring Boston Dynamics
by J. D. Heyes
(NaturalNews) By now it should be patently obvious that Google has grown beyond just a simple Web search engine.
According to an analysis by
Natural News
, Google - which has transformed itself into a major media brand, as well as a technology company - has been acquiring other companies at a rapid clip, scooping up an average of one per week since 2010.
Most of the firms are American companies, but Google has also bought German, Australian, Swedish, Swiss, Brazilian, Finnish and South Korean companies, among others outside the U.S.
Included are firms that specialize in videoconferencing, photosharing, computer security, online advertising, travel and online payment technology.
But now, Google appears to have entered into the lucrative American defense industry, recently purchasing a robotics firm. As reported by the
Financial Times
Google has snapped up the creator of the world's fastest running robot and other eerily realistic animal-like machines supplied to the US military.
The internet company's acquisition of Boston Dynamics is the latest in a string of robotics acquisitions in a mysterious initiative led by former Android chief Andy Rubin.
As Amazon readies a fleet of delivery drones, Boston Dynamics is Google's biggest prize yet in the robot wars.
Think the little bots featured in the "Terminator" movie series.
'The future is looking awesome!'
Among the robots that are able to crawl, jump and gallop from the Boston Dynamics labs are Big Dog, a four-legged machine capable of traversing uneven terrain like snowy forest floors - even when being kicked by its makers - and Cheetah, which so far boasts the record for the fastest legged robot in the world at 29 miles per hour.
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Dynamics' creations have been developed with funding from the U.S. Department of Defense's secretive research unit, DARPA - or Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - which has been responsible for much of the Pentagon's high-technology systems since the agency's establishment in 1958.
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"The future is looking awesome!" said Rubin in a tweet linking to
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, which first reported the Boston Dynamics purchase. FT reported that a Google spokesperson confirmed the deal but would not elaborate on its price or plans.
Google's purchase is a signal to many that there is a sudden, and perhaps startling, new interest in robotics from consumer Internet firms, as many of their operations shift from the virtual world to the real one.
Last year, for instance, Amazon spent $775 million to acquire Kiva Systems, a robotics firm that is used to automate its fulfillment centers. Also, earlier this month, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled plans for the online retailer to develop small drones that he wants to utilize to deliver small packages to customers quickly. Bezos hopes to get this initiative, er, "off the ground" within five years, but a lot of that will depend on rules for unmanned aerial vehicles currently being drafted by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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FT reported that Rubin stepped away from his position leading Google's Android mobile operation system in March, only revealing his new assignment after Bezos announced Amazon's drone initiative on CBS'
60 Minutes
As for Google, its ultimate objective for the company's growing robotics collection is not yet clear. Rubin's project, however, is among the firm's "moonshot" ventures, which include self-driving cars and balloons that could bring Internet connectivity to remote areas.
Bezos' other acquisitions include Bot & Dolly, which is a design studio that builds automated camera systems used in films such as "Gravity" and "Schaft," a spin-off from the University of Tokyo, "whose bipedal robots boast much stronger 'muscles' than other bots," FT reported.
Boston Dynamics was founded by Marc Raibert, a former MIT researcher, in 1992.
Not everyone is thrilled about Google's purchase.
"Which company that owns all our private data and has the motto 'Don't Be Evil' just bought a military robotics firm?" tweeted Joe Randazzo, the creative director at Adult Swim, a comedy and satire channel.
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The ribbon cutting and grand opening of the Shining Light Youth Center, 14-18 Putnam St., is set for 4 p.m., followed by an open house until 7 p.m.
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Our focus in this article will be to discuss Terrarium TV, some features it includes, and how to use it on different platforms.
Watching your favorite shows can be difficult nowadays. Especially considering how costly services like Netflix and Amazon Prime are taking over. On top of paying for cable, you now have to pay monthly subscriptions for these services. Or you can't watch your favorite shows.
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Download for Android
First, we will show you how to download Terrarium TV onto your Android device. Follow our short guide below.
Step #1: On your Android device, launch the "Settings" app and tap on "Security".
Step #2: If it isn't already turned on, then enable the "Unknown Sources" option before backing out of the "Settings" app and returning to the main menu.
Step #3: Launch an internet browser and head over to the link below and download the APK file of Terrarium from the official website.
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Step #5: After it has been installed on your Android device, you'll be able to browse and watch all the movies and TV shows that are available.
Whether you have an Android phone or an Android tablet, you're able to download the app and enjoy all of your favorite content on the go.
Download for iOS (iPhone/iPad)
Next, we will show you how you can install the Terrarium app on any of your iOS devices. Given that, there is no official iOS version of the app available. This method is slightly more complex than the previous method.
Step #1: You must first jailbreak your iOS device if it isn't already. For those who don't know how to jailbreak a machine, you can find a solution from the internet.
Step #2: After your iOS device has been jailbroken, download and install the "Vshare" app. You can find this app by searching it on Google as it's not available on the Apple app store.
Step #3: After installing Vshare, launch it, and search for "Terrarium TV" in the search box.
Step #4: Once you find the app, download and install it on your iOS device.
Step #5: After a few seconds, you'll be able to enjoy all the Terrarium content for free on your iOS device.
While it's slightly more complicated. After installing the app on your iOS device, whether that's an iPhone, iPod, or iPad, you'll get access to all the free movies and TV shows. Hopefully, we will see an iOS version of Terrarium, and this installation process will be a lot easier.
Download for Windows PC
If you aren't looking to watch movies on the go, then it's a good idea to download and install the Terrarium app on your computer. Again, there isn't a Windows version of Terrarium TV available.
Although we can use a unique program and use the Android application on a PC for Windows users, follow the steps below.
Step #1: Start by downloading and installing the "BlueStacks" program on your computer. You can find this program on the official site.
Step #2: Now that it's downloaded, launch it and follow the setup instructions until the Android emulator has been set up.
Step #3: On the Android emulator, open the "Settings" app, tap on "Security", and make sure that the "Unknown Sources" setting has been enabled.
Step #4: Last, download and install the APK file on the Android emulator from here or else use the above link.
Step #5: Once you have it installed, you'll be able to use BlueStacks on your computer to watch movies from this application.
You can quickly adapt this method and use your computer as an Android emulator. Using apps on your computer has never been easier.
Download for Mac
If you don't have a Windows PC but have a Mac computer, you can follow the short guide below.
Step #1: On your Mac computer, download and install "BlueStacks" from the official website.
Step #2: Once you have BlueStacks installed, launch it. Now follow the installation guide until you have fully set up the Android emulator.
Step #3: Next, launch the "Settings" application, tap on "Security", and enable "Unknown Sources" if it hasn't already been activated.
Step #4: Open up a web browser on the Android emulator and download the Terrarium app from this link.
Step #5: Once you have Terrarium TV downloaded, install the APK, and enjoy your favorite movies.
This method is very similar to the Windows method. And in just a few minutes, you'll be using the app to watch movies on your Mac computer.
Download for Kodi
Lastly, we will show you how you can download and install the Terrarium app on any device which has the Kodi platform installed on it. The most common method that you can install Kodi on is the Amazon fire stick.
Step #1: If you don't already have Kodi installed on your computer or any other device, then set it up now. The installation process is different for each device. Although, for this method, we assume that you are using Kodi on a computer.
Step #2: Download the Terrarium TV APK file and place it on your desktop so you can easily find it.
Step #3: After KODI has been installed, scroll along to the "System" tab and click on it. It is now followed by clicking on "File Manager".
Step #4: Next, select "Add Source" followed by "None". Enter details if you're asked to do so.
Step #5: Head back to the main menu, and once again, click on the "System" tab from the list shown.
Step #6: This time, click on "Add-Ons" and then select "Install from Zip File".
Step #7: Locate and select the APK file. Select that as the file you want to use for the installation.
Step #8: After a few minutes of extracting and installing this file, you'll be able to watch media content on your KODI installation.
Now that you've read all the different installation guides, you can enjoy Terrarium TV on all of your devices. This app completely removes the need for you to pay for Netflix and other streaming services. But allows you to enjoy a lot of great movies and TV shows without a price tag being attached.
It is a beneficial application to have installed on your computer and any of your other devices too. Not only is it a free source of entertainment, but there's no chance of it being shut down like many of its competitors as the developers don't host the content but provide links to other websites that host it.
Also, while there is only one version of Terrarium available, which has been developed for the Android operating system, it indirectly supports a wide range of different platforms. The intended version is only suitable for Android devices, but with the methods we showed you above, you can quickly adapt the program so it can be used on pretty much any device out there.
- It's free!
- Easy-to-use.
- It is regularly updated to fix any bugs and update content sources.
- New movies and TV shows are added every few days to keep it up-to-date.
- With the methods we showed you above, you can access Terrarium TV on multiple devices.
- You can create bookmarks so you can track your viewing history easily.
- You can watch movie trailers before watching the movie and being able to view the ratings.
- A subreddit is available so that if users experience any problems, they can discuss it with other users and developers to find a solution or have a fix implemented in the next version.
- There are no versions available for the iOS operating system, only Android.
- It has advertisements, although they aren't intrusive.
- Some genres have limited movies and TV shows (such as anime).
Terrarium TV is a straightforward application to use, and you get to watch a wide variety of movies and TV shows without having to pay a penny. There's no reason for you not to check out this application. Especially if you're looking to save yourself some money and stop paying for streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime.
Below are some of the most common questions about the Terrarium App and answers to those questions.
Question: Is there an iOS version of the app available?
Answer: There is no official iOS version of the app available. Although with the method above, you can watch movies on Terrarium TV.
Question: Can I get in trouble for watching?
Answer: Fortunately, Terrarium App does not use torrenting technology but streaming, making it a legal process.
Question: Are there subtitles available?
Answer: Terrarium TV has subtitles available, although the quality of these subtitles is unknown as they are sourced from different websites.
Question: My streams keep buffering; how can I fix this?
Answer: Most of the time, this is a problem on your end, and you can fix it by making sure that nobody else is using your Wi-Fi for any strenuous activities (e.g., streaming Netflix, video conferencing, etc.). If you are the only one using your Wi-Fi, then try restarting your router. This should do the trick.
If you're struggling with using the TV app and you can't find the answer, then you can post your questions on the subreddit where both the developers and users can help you out.
These are the simple and easy ways to get Terrarium TV App from the tutorials. Follow them carefully and then stream your favorite movies or episodes from the various categories.


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Money is the biggest source of stress for Americans, research shows. Indeed, a survey by Northwestern Mutual found that money was the dominant source of stress for 44% of Americans, followed by the 25% who said personal relationships, and just 18% blaming work. And data from the American Psychological Association also shows that money is the No. 1 stressor for Americans: "Regardless of the economic climate, money and finances have remained the top stressor since our survey began in 2007," the results revealed.
Money stress is widespread — and it's seeping into our work lives. Financial firm John Hancock's Financial Stress Survey released Tuesday found that 69% of workers were stressed over their finances, with fully 72% admitting to worrying about their personal finances at work, and one in three doing that more than once a week.
It's no wonder, as Americans are drowning in financial troubles. Credit card debt hit a record high this year at more than $1 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve. Student loan debt has jumped 150% over the span of just a decade. And not only are we drowning in debt; we're also not saving. About 1 in 4 Americans don't even have a single dollar saved for an emergency.
All of this takes a big toll on us: A survey by the American Institute of CPAs found that more than half of Americans with debt say that it's negatively impacted their lives. And a survey released by online lending marketplace LendingClub reveals that Americans who report poor financial health also tend to have poor physical health. Indeed, they are significantly less likely to practice healthy physical habits (59% do not get routine check-ups and 60% do not get regular exercise) and they are more likely to skip preventative health measures due to cost (38%). "Bad wealth begets bad health," the survey concluded.
What's more, these money issues are causing more than just some feelings of dread and skipped doctor's office visits. Here are some of the many ways financial stress may impact your health:
Depression and anxiety. People with greater financial stress have more symptoms of depression and anxiety than those who aren't financially stressed, according to a 2013 study published in the journal Anxiety, Coping and Stress. And John Hancock's data reveals that financial stress is triggering physical and psychological symptoms like anxiety and sleeplessness for roughly 60% of workers.
Migraines. A study released in 2017 found that for many people, financial stress is related to getting more migraines. Indeed, people with a certain genetic variation of the so-called CLOCK gene — it helps control things like body temperature and levels of the stress hormone cortisol; about ⅓ of the population has this variation — are more likely to get migraines in times of financial stress.
Ulcers and digestive issues. An Associated Press poll showed that people who are under high financial stress are way more likely to complain of ulcers and digestive problems (27% of them said they had these issues) than those who have low financial stress (8%).
High blood pressure and heart attacks. High levels of debt may also lead to higher blood pressure, according to a 2013 study of 8400 young adults published in the journal Social Science Medicine. Treating hypertension can cost you $700 or more per year, data shows Annual expenditures for those treated for hypertension averaged $733 per adult in 2010. What's more, people with high financial stress are more likely to report they've had a heart attack or an arrhythmia (6%) than those with low financial stress (3%), according to AP data.
Disrupted sleep. Well over half of both women (68%) and men (56%) say they lose sleep at least occasionally because they're worried about money, according to a survey of 1,000 adults released in 2016 by CreditCards.com, a credit-card comparison website. And that can be very costly: Americans spend more than $40 billion on sleep aids.
This story was originally published in September and has been updated.
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Work Stress
As we have studied so far in this chapter, we can experience a number of possible stressors. We can divide these stressors into personal stresses and work stresses. Although we divide them for purposes of ease, it is intuitive that if someone is experiencing personal stress, he or she will also experience it at work, which will result in lessened workplace performance. In fact, the American Institute of Stress estimates that workplace stress costs companies $300 billion annually. This cost is a result of increased absenteeism, employee turnover, and higher medical and insurance costs due to stress related illness and worker productivity.The American Institute of Stress, "Stress in the Workplace," accessed February 19, 2012, http://www.stress.org/workplace-stress/
According to the American Institute of Stress,The American Institute of Stress, "Stress in the Workplace," accessed February 19, 2012, http://www.stress.org/workplace-stress/ some of the common causes of workplace stress include the following:
- Long hours and increased demands. The average American works forty-six hours per week.The Library Spot, "National Sleep Foundation Study," accessed February 19, 2012, http://www.libraryspot.com/know/workweek.htm Much of this is due to increased technology and expectations that employees will be available to answer e-mail on weekends and evenings. As a result of this added work time, employees find less time to engage in leisure and household activities such as grocery shopping and cleaning.
- Being treated unfairly. Workplace issues such as harassment and bullying (both discussed in Chapter 10 "Manage Diversity at Work") can cause people to feel stress at work. Additional issues such as feeling overlooked for promotions can also cause workplace stress. In extreme cases, perceived workplace unfairness can result in violence. For example, Matthew Beck shot and killed four supervisors in a Connecticut lottery office because he felt he had been unfairly overlooked for a promotion.Johnathan Rabinnoviz, "Lottery Personnel Shows Lottery Killer Came Back Early from Leave," New York Times, March 12, 1988, accessed February 19, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/12/nyregion/lottery-personnel-file-shows-killer-came-back-to-work-early-from-a-leave.html? ref=matthewbeck Many organizations offer Employee Assistance ProgramsPrograms offered by companies that provide services, such as counseling, to help deal with workplace stress and other personal issues. that can offer services, such as counseling, to help deal with workplace stress and other personal issues.
- Little or no acknowledgment or reward. People can feel stress when they do not feel they are being recognized for the work they do. This kind of workplace stress can cause people to become withdrawn, unmotivated, or unfocused on being productive for the organization. This type of behavior can also materialize at home with people experiencing this stress being more irritable, cranky, and moody. At work, these feelings can negatively affect our ability to relate to our coworkers and manager.
- Lack of control. MicromanagementThe excessive control of work details by a supervisor. refers to excessive control of work details by a supervisor. For example, a micromanager might tell an employee specific tasks should be worked on in a given day and give specific instructions on how those tasks should be accomplished. This type of situation can create stress, as the employee feels he or she has little control of their own work.
- Lack of job security. In the last quarter of 2011 (October, November, December), 266,971 employees were subjected to mass company layoffs,The Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Economic News Release: Mass Layoffs," accessed February 19, 2012, http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mslo.nr0.htm and for obvious reasons, this creates stress upon the workers who had to leave and for those workers who stay. Those workers who have been laid off may experience financial hardship, and the workers who haven't been laid off may need to perform extra work and can suffer from physiological issues even if their jobs were not eliminated. This phenomenon is called layoff survivor syndromeThe physiological issues suffered by people who stay in organizations where people around them are laid off..JoNel Aleccia, "Guilty and Stressed, Layoff Survivors Suffers, Too," MSNBC, accessed February 19, 2012, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28196734/ns/health-behavior/t/guilty-stressed-layoff-survivors-suffer-too/ Many of the stressors caused by layoffs can include increased workloads, increased anxiety, and lower morale.
- Office politics. Dealing with difficult coworkers or supervisors and different personalities (Chapter 9 "Handle Conflict and Negotiation") and communication styles (Chapter 4 "Communicate Effectively") can create stress at work. Conflicts, disagreements, and misunderstandings are common in today's workplace, especially with the use of technology. All of these factors, which we call office politics, can create stress, which results in lost sleep, productivity, and motivation—obviously affecting our ability to relate to others.
Figure 3.3 Some of the Reasons Cited for Workplace Stress
Work Stress Management
Registered clinical psychologist Dr. Cheryl talks about some ways to manage stress at work.
Figure 3.4 Time Use on an Average Work Day for Employed Persons Ages Twenty-five to Fifty-four with Children
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows how much time we spend at work. Since we spend more time at work than doing anything else, learning how to manage stress at work is an important part to our personal well-being and productivity.
5 Sources of Stress and Anxiety in the Modern World
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According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 40 million adults in the US are affected by anxiety, and millions more are afflicted depression-related disorders.
Overall, they estimate 18% of all adults have some form of mental illness. And most of the rest of us have too much stress in our lives, especially during the prime productivity and child-rearing ages of 18-55.
Some folks suffer for very specific reasons—perhaps because of a brain lesion, a genetic mutation, specific episodes of trauma, or an idiosyncratic chemical imbalance.
But many folks with diagnosable disorders simply suffer from more intense versions of the same things that almost everyone is suffering from. Some are just harder-hit than others because of their particular social circumstances, or because they are slightly more susceptible (a difference in degree, not in kind).
So why is there so much stress, anxiety, and depression these days?
Evolutionary psychologists will tell us that part of the problem is that there's a mismatch between the current environment (with its cities, bureaucracies, inequality, and social media) and the environment of evolutionary adaptation (tribal life on the savanna).
In order to explore this possibility a bit, we will consider some of the ways the modern world is different from the one our ancestors on the savanna might have encountered.
Here are 5 ways reasons the modern world might produce more stress, anxiety and depression than that of our distant ancestors.
1. We interact with a greater diversity of people.
As we meet new people over the course of a year, we confront a greater diversity of skills, knowledge, and values than people have ever encountered before.
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Diversity is the source of much good. Diverse groups of qualified people usually come up with better solutions to problems than less diverse groups.
However, modern diversity also strains our brains—especially the diversity in values.
A person has a family. A person also has workmates, schoolmates, and playmates. And people join churches or special interest groups that meet weekly or monthly, in person or on the internet.
Perhaps our families are Democrats our work mates are Republicans, and our school mates are Communists.
Perhaps our families are Catholics, our workmates are Protestants, and our schoolmates are Atheists.
Our families like country music, our school mates like rap and pop, and our work mates like classic rock.
Some of these differences are trivial, and some are not.
Somehow we have to figure out a way to get along with those people in our lives who have influence over our wellbeing. And we must be careful how we do this.
People have a stake in whether we agree with them or not. They need to know what to expect from us, and whether we're with them or against them. And we need to figure out when it's necessary to be with them and when it's OK to be against them, because being on the side of one person sometimes requires being opposed to another.
When our grandfather makes an insensitive statement about members of a different group, perhaps we don't rebuke him, but give a polite smile and change the subject. Then we feel guilt at the thought of what our friends would think of our not speaking out.
When a friend complains about the alienation of the work force at the hands of greedy capitalists, we might want to respond in a way that keeps us in good standing with our friend (whether we agree with her or not). But we also have our boss and family members in the back of our heads judging how we respond.
The normative landscape is rugged. And these examples are vastly oversimplified. Most issues are not ones you are simply for or against, but there are dozens of nuanced positions to take. And many groups contain members all along a given value spectrum.
It's fair to ask whether our brains are fully equipped to handle the degree of diversity we face today.
2. We compare ourselves to higher standards.
We watch TV and everyone is beautiful. We are not as beautiful. How many people in a tribe of 150 look like Rosario Dawson? How many look like Jamie Dornan?
Aren't they just disgustingly adorable? Source: Unsplash/Pexels
We watch TV and everyone is rich. Entrepreneurs are always successful. Authors always get published. People's houses are considerably nicer than ours.
We watch the Olympics and realize we might as well not even know how to run or swim. And it dawns on us that our synchronized swimming partner sucks.
Only those in the top 1% of 1% of 1% have an opportunity to display their talents, wealth, and beauty before the general public. And those are the people we compare ourselves to. It's a nearly impossible standard.
It's natural to want to be the prettiest girl in the tribe, to have the most resources, or to be the best in the known world at something that others understand and respect. Once upon a time we could set goals like that and get away with it.
Today we draw our competition from a pool of 7 billion people, and wanting to be among the elite is most often a recipe for discouragement.
3. We specialize more.
Aristotle read all the intellectual writings that existed in Greece in his time, and then went on to add a substantial chunk to this body of knowledge himself.
Even as recently as 1600—if you were reasonably bright and had enough time on your hands—you could have a good grasp of all academic knowledge. You could read all the "classics". You could master the known mathematics, philosophy, rhetoric and so on.
From 1600 to 1900 you could not master all human knowledge, no matter how bright you were; but, if you worked hard, you could aspire to master a single field—like mathematics, physics, philosophy or history.
By 1950, you were lucky to master a sub-discipline like Chinese history.
Today you're lucky to master a sub-sub-sub discipline—like the history of the first 100 years of the Ch'in Dynasty from the perspective of a house servant.
Today we have to work harder than ever to get mastery of ever smaller fields. And the payoff for this work is smaller than ever.
If you were a scholar in the year 1500 and you went to a cocktail party and someone introduced you as "a scholar", that meant something. That meant you knew EVERYTHING.
Today, you go to a family reunion and tell them you've worked for 20 years to become an expert on the realism/anti-realism debate in the meta-ethics sub-sub field of Philosophy, and your relatives don't know what to think of that. Then they ask around and find out you make $35,000/year, and they figure it must not be very important.
You tell someone you develop web-based software. They hear "computers" and they want you to fix their printer. You can't fix their printer, so you must not really know computers.
We often don't understand what our neighbor does for a living, and we don't know how to explain what we do.
We might even be the best in the world at some small little leaf far out on the tree of skill or the tree of knowledge, but no one we grew up with cares.
4. Markets are more efficient (a.k.a. "It's the economy, stupid!")
If you provide a good no one else provides, you can charge a high price and make good money. This probably won't last long, though. If your profit margin is high enough, others will notice the opportunity and set up shop to compete with you. This will drive down prices. With enough competition, prices will fall to a level not much higher than the cost of production.
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As consumers, we love this. As entrepreneurs we find it frustrating.
This same dynamic applies to the labor market. If you have a skill very few others have, you can charge a high price for your labor. However, if your wages are high enough, others will notice the opportunity and begin developing the skills they need to compete with you. If the supply of qualified workers grows faster than the need for the service, wages will fall.
As business owners we love this. As workers we hate it.
On balance efficient markets might work out well for us. The benefits we receive from lower prices and cheaper labor offset the frustrations that come from having to sell our goods and labor at lower prices.
But efficient markets might also fail us personally. If we lose our job, because there's too much competition for our position, the equation won't balance in our favor – at least in the short term. And in the long term some people reap more reward from efficient markets than others.
Overall, efficient markets have led to higher standards of living on average. Life spans are up. Physical possessions are up. Entertainment options are up. Education levels are up.
But are we happier?
Maybe. And maybe not. Once upon a time our place in the tribe was secure. Our skills were highly valued, and they would remain that way our whole productive lives. Today our place is not secure. If there's a lot of competition for our position, we can be replaced with someone better. And there's almost always someone better.
Today's worker can be replaced regardless of how hard they work or how good they are.
Not only that, but whole companies can be replaced. If another company comes along and provides a better or cheaper alternative, everyone can be out of a job through no fault of their own.
Whether you own the business, or you work for wages, in the modern world you very likely live your days with a sword of Damocles hanging over your head.
5. Innovation happens faster.
We live in exciting times. New discoveries are being made every year in almost every field of science. New gadgets are being invented every year. And our existing technologies are being improved every year.
It's well known that computers have been getting faster. Until recently computer clock speeds had doubled roughly every 18 months since computers were first developed. Your smart phone is (much) more powerful than the computers NASA used to run the Apollo Project. There's reason to think this pace of improvement has slowed, and will continue to slow, but we are finding other ways, such as parallel computing, to keep finding improvements.
Some improvements are happening even faster. The Human Genome Project set out to sequence the human genome in 1989. It took 13 years and 3 Billion dollars to finish.
Toward the end of the Human Genome Project a private company working in parallel reduced the cost in money and time to $200 million and about one year.
Just 15 years later a machine can sequence a genome in less than a day at a teeny fraction of the cost.
Have you heard about 3-D printers? These machines take a 3-D design for a coffee mug or a bracelet, or pretty much any solid object you can imagine, and print them layer by layer out of plastic. Individuals with a sense of design can invent new gadgets all by themselves.
Currently the production models of these printers make objects from a single material. And you can't print a ham sandwich yet. But Star Trek replicators can't be that far off.
And did you know that we can now re-grow body parts and organs?
True. A woman recently grew a new ear for herself under the skin of her forearm.
Imagine what would happen if we could combine the 3-D printer technology with the ability to grow new body parts. Then you could print a new liver for yourself in your basement.
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These are exciting times. But they are also disorienting and turbulent times.
New innovations come along so quickly in part because we have such high degrees of specialization, diversity and market efficiency—three factors mentioned above.
But the influence goes the other way as well. New inventions and discoveries require new specializations. Rapid innovation also contributes to some of the negative effects of the efficient market. Not only can we lose our job. Not only can our company go out of business. But with new technologies, entire industries can be swept away.
If 3-D printing becomes extremely cheap and more versatile (and why wouldn't it?), all you need is a design you can draw up on your computer (or download from someone else's computer) plus some raw goo, and you can make nearly anything you want. This cuts out a lot of middle men. Many manufacturing jobs will become obsolete. And many of those workers will need to work very hard to become relevant again.
Not only does rapid innovation make it difficult to keep job skills relevant, it also makes it difficult to stay "in the know".
Many older folks in their 80s and 90s have not embraced (and likely will not embrace) the internet. When they grew up electric appliances and automobiles were new industries. Many still walked and rode horses as their primary form of transportation in their youth. In many ways they had more in common with the young people in the Roman Empire than they have in common with young people today.
They have been left behind. They are irrelevant. After years of helping to build our world, our world no longer has any use for them. And they don't understand the world they are leaving behind.
Before you pity them, realize something. Because the pace of innovation is increasing, it's going to be worse for us. We will one day be even more "out of touch" than our octogenarians are today.
Those are 5 differences between our modern world and life on the savanna. And those 5 differences might go some way toward explaining why there is so much anxiety in the world today.
We could go deeper at this point and explore how each of these factors affect our basic psychological needs. And we could even try to come up with some remedies for our modern maladies. If that interests you, I take up those themes in "Stop Setting Goals That Don't Make You Happy."
It is no secret that stress is one of the top complaints of adults—old and young—in the United States. The physical effects of prolonged stress are numerous, including a greater susceptibility to illness, a lack of energy, problems with sleep, headaches, poor judgment, weight gain, depression, anxiety, and a host of other ills. Many people blame prolonged stress for their inability to maintain healthy relationships with family and friends.
So it stands to reason that we need some way to relieve the constant pressure, but, for the most part, we haven't done a very good job of it. In order to relieve stress, we need to know what is causing it. Further, we need solutions in order to help all of us learn to reduce both the stressors and the pressure as much as possible.
The three main causes of stress today are:
- Money
- Work
- Poor health
It's probably no surprise that these three great stressors are interrelated. A poor economy puts the highest pressure on those earning less than $50,000 (although people in all income brackets are feeling the strain). High unemployment rates, rising costs of food, gas, and other necessities, and the need to work long hours are all detrimental to inner peace, which can cause negative physical symptoms like those listed above. Whether you're scraping by from paycheck to paycheck or sweating over high-stakes million dollar deals, these three concerns can take years off your life if you can't learn to relax, let go, and find inner peace.
Each person deals with stress differently, so finding ways to cope with it are as unique and varied as the people feeling it. Overall, however, each of us needs to learn how to do the following:
- Learn to let go of things over which you have no control. You can't control everything, but you can pick your battles.
- Cultivate gratitude. Being grateful for what you do have—even if it's not a lot or not what you want forever—is a powerful antidote to stress.
- Find some way to relax. Twenty minutes of quiet meditation a day is powerful medicine. There's always some way to scrape together at least twenty minutes to meditate, pray, or lie or sit quietly with your eyes closed listening to relaxing music.
No one ever lay on his deathbed and lamented that he didn't stress enough about the little, unimportant things. In the end, what will matter most to you: a purpose-filled life of gratitude or a life driven by a sense of lack and worry? The one thing you do have absolute control over is your attitude.
If you are struggling with anxiety, depression, substance abuse issues, or other mental health issues, extra stress is horrifying. It's time to get help. Visit Houston Behavioral Healthcare Hospital's Homepage to learn more about the inpatient and outpatient adult programs we offer and to call for a free and confidential assessment today.
Stress is the body's reaction to any change that requires an adjustment or response. The body reacts to these changes with physical, mental, and emotional responses. Stress is a normal part of life. You can experience stress from your environment, your body, and your thoughts. Even positive life changes such as a promotion, a mortgage, or the birth of a child produce stress.
How does stress affect health?
The human body is designed to experience stress and react to it. Stress can be positive, keeping us alert, motivated, and ready to avoid danger. Stress becomes negative when a person faces continuous challenges without relief or relaxation between stressors. As a result, the person becomes overworked, and stress-related tension builds. The body's autonomic nervous system has a built-in stress response that causes physiological changes to allow the body to combat stressful situations. This stress response, also known as the "fight or flight response", is activated in case of an emergency. However, this response can become chronically activated during prolonged periods of stress. Prolonged activation of the stress response causes wear and tear on the body – both physical and emotional.
Stress that continues without relief can lead to a condition called distress – a negative stress reaction. Distress can disturb the body's internal balance or equilibrium, leading to physical symptoms such as headaches, an upset stomach, elevated blood pressure, chest pain, sexual dysfunction, and problems sleeping. Emotional problems can also result from distress. These problems include depression, panic attacks, or other forms of anxiety and worry. Research suggests that stress also can bring on or worsen certain symptoms or diseases. Stress is linked to 6 of the leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer, lung ailments, accidents, cirrhosis of the liver, and suicide.
Stress also becomes harmful when people engage in the compulsive use of substances or behaviors to try to relieve their stress. These substances or behaviors include food, alcohol, tobacco, drugs, gambling, sex, shopping, and the Internet. Rather than relieving the stress and returning the body to a relaxed state, these substances and compulsive behaviors tend to keep the body in a stressed state and cause more problems. The distressed person becomes trapped in a vicious circle.
What are the warning signs of stress?
Chronic stress can wear down the body's natural defenses, leading to a variety of physical symptoms, including the following:
- Dizziness or a general feeling of "being out of it."
- General aches and pains.
- Grinding teeth, clenched jaw.
- Headaches.
- Indigestion or acid reflux symptoms.
- Increase in or loss of appetite.
- Muscle tension in neck, face or shoulders.
- Problems sleeping.
- Racing heart.
- Cold and sweaty palms.
- Tiredness, exhaustion.
- Trembling/shaking.
- Weight gain or loss.
- Upset stomach, diarrhea.
- Sexual difficulties.
Tips for reducing stress
People can learn to manage stress and lead happier, healthier lives. You may want to begin with the following tips:
- Keep a positive attitude.
- Accept that there are events that you cannot control.
- Be assertive instead of aggressive. Assert your feelings, opinions, or beliefs instead of becoming angry, defensive, or passive.
- Learn and practice relaxation techniques; try meditation, yoga, or tai-chi.
- Exercise regularly. Your body can fight stress better when it is fit.
- Eat healthy, well-balanced meals.
- Learn to manage your time more effectively.
- Set limits appropriately and say no to requests that would create excessive stress in your life.
- Make time for hobbies and interests.
- Get enough rest and sleep. Your body needs time to recover from stressful events.
- Don't rely on alcohol, drugs, or compulsive behaviors to reduce stress.
- Seek out social support. Spend enough time with those you love.
- Seek treatment with a psychologist or other mental health professional trained in stress management or biofeedback techniques to learn more healthy ways of dealing with the stress in your life.
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