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  • Hi. This is Gill at www.engvid.com, and today we're going to look at a particular type of

  • thing that happens to people in their lives and also to look at the kind of way we describe

  • it in the English language. Okay? So, we're saying: "Don't get stressed out!" Right? Now,

  • getting stressed out is, with modern life, there are so many demands; we have to do things

  • quickly, we have to survive, have somewhere to live, enough food to eat, somewhere to

  • work, all of these things, and it causes a lot of stress. Okay? So this word "stress"

  • is when you're feeling very... Very upset and agitated, and worried because of everything

  • that you have to do and everything that's happening, and whether you can cope with it

  • or not. So, modern life has a lot of stresses and strains. "Strains" are the same idea,

  • really, things sort of pulling you around, making you do this and that, and you feel

  • all the time you're having to do what other people want you to do, and you have no control

  • over what you're doing, all of that kind of thing. And it can be quite upsetting if you

  • don't feel you're in control of the situation.

  • So... So we're saying: "Don't get stressed out!" This is maybe a little bit of advice

  • in here, along with the way of expressing it, about how to cope with stress if you're

  • feeling stressed. Okay? So there's lots of pressure in the modern world, it can be traumatic,

  • it can cause you a lot of anxiety. We're always being bombarded by information, advertising:

  • "Buy this. Do this. You should be doing this." And there's a lot of pressure on people to

  • do things that maybe they don't really want to do or they don't see the point of doing,

  • but other people are pressurizing them to do it. Okay?

  • So... So what someone might say if they're in a job that is very, what we'd say highly

  • pressured, a job that is very busy with a lot of responsibilities, somebody might say:

  • "I can't take the stress of this job!" Meaning: "I can't... I can't do it. I can't keep having

  • all this stress every day. It's too much."

  • Okay? So: "I can't take the stress of this job!" All right?

  • One of the terms we use for when you're more comfortable with what you're doing is that

  • you're in your "comfort zone". It's like a zone, it's an area where you're comfortable.

  • The things that you're happy doing, the things that you are confident doing, that's in your

  • comfort zone. So maybe being at home, watching television is in your comfort zone. Maybe

  • going and playing some sports, going swimming which you enjoy, going out with friends may

  • all be in your comfort zone where you are comfortable. Okay? So you stay inside your

  • comfort zone if you don't really want to try new things.

  • But sometimes, it's a good idea to go outside your comfort zone or step outside your comfort

  • zone just to test what you might be capable of doing. Okay? Just try a little something

  • that's different to see how it goes. So it's not always a good idea to stay within your

  • comfort zone all the time. Try to step outside it occasionally. I often try to try something

  • new, see how it goes, and if it's successful, then you feel great. "I've learnt something

  • new, here", and then you feel good about yourself. Okay? So, this term also: "Pushing the envelope"

  • is another way of saying "going outside your comfort zone", "stepping outside". The idea

  • of being inside an envelope, you have a letter inside, but the envelope is closed. But if

  • you push the envelope, you're sort of pushing outside it, trying something new, something

  • different. Okay? So trying new things.

  • And then we're all different, we all have different personalities and we had different

  • upbringings, childhoods, education, and so on, so everybody's different. Some people

  • actually like stress. Some people thrive on stress, meaning it gives them a lot of energy.

  • Okay?

  • They get a lot of energy from stress. Stress produces this, I think it's a hormone,

  • adrenaline, which gives people a boost and makes them want to run fast or do something

  • with a lot of energy and strength. So some people thrive on stress. Other people, they

  • just cannot cope with stress. They can't do... They can't, you know... They can't do anything

  • with it. They don't want to have any stress, because they can't manage it. They can't manage it.

  • So "to cope" is to sort of manage something and be okay, but some people just cannot.

  • They're not okay if they're feeling stressed, because they don't know how to move ahead

  • with it. They can't use it, you know, to go ahead and do something positive. Or they can

  • possibly learn to do that, though, with a different way of thinking about it. Okay.

  • So, then there... Psychologists love to divide things up into categories, and so here are

  • some types of stress which psychologists have identified. There are four here. There are

  • probably more, but just to look at these four types of stress. One of them is to do with

  • time. So some people are always anxious about the time, and how much time they've got to

  • do something. They're worried about if they have a train to catch: "Oh, I'm going to miss

  • the train if I don't leave now." Always anxious about: "Oh, I've got to be somewhere else

  • soon. I mustn't be late." And I don't like being late, so that's slightly one of my things.

  • I'm often quite early because I hate to be late. So time is one of the issues with stress.

  • People feel stressed if they think that they're going to be late or they haven't got enough

  • time for something.

  • Okay, the type of stress to do with situations that you find yourself in, where maybe you

  • go into a room for a meeting and there's a feeling that you're not really in control

  • of your life at that point. Other people seem to be controlling things and you don't feel

  • in control. So if you feel you're losing control of your life at any stage, that can cause

  • stress. And also, it can affect... If you have... Everyone has a kind of sense of their

  • status in society, so if people feel that they're losing their status for some reason...

  • If they are in a meeting and people are just not looking at you, if they're ignoring you

  • as if you're not there, you think: "Oh, they don't think I'm important enough to look at

  • or to speak to." So you sort of feel you're losing status, so that can cause stress. Okay?

  • Third type of stress: anticipation. To do with the future. If you're constantly worrying

  • about what's going to happen in the future... "Oh, I've got a meeting next week and I've

  • got to give a talk, and I'm already getting stressed about it. What am I going to do?"

  • And you might be having a panic attack or something, and hyperventilating. That's when

  • you can't breathe properly, like that. Anticipation, thinking, thinking, thinking all the time

  • about something and getting obsessed about it, rather than maybe just sitting down and

  • thinking: "Okay, well, I'm giving a talk next week. I'd better start writing down some ideas

  • for my talk." But if you don't do the practical side of it, you are going to get stressed

  • by the thought of not being prepared for that talk or whatever it is. Okay?

  • And finally, the type of stress, encounter, which means meeting, meeting people. Some

  • people love to meet new people, meeting strangers and getting to know them. Other people are

  • scared of... Afraid of meeting new people or maybe they are people that you know, but

  • you don't really want to see them again, you feel a bit threatened by them for some reason,

  • maybe for good reasons. So the thought of meeting a certain person again who maybe you

  • had an argument with could create stress, and you think: "Oh, I'm not going to go. I'm

  • not going to that party because that person might be there, so I'm going to stay home

  • instead." And that's what happens with people who can't cope with stress often withdraw

  • from society; they stay at home, they don't go out sometimes.

  • So it's a sad situation to get into.

  • So I think my main piece of advice from this lesson is to just try stepping outside your

  • comfort zone occasionally, try new things, test yourself out, try some new things, and

  • you can gain confidence from that, finding: "Oh, I can do that. I didn't think I could

  • do that, and I've just done it", whatever it is. Parachuting from a plane or anything

  • like that. So you can get a huge boost of confidence just by trying something new occasionally.

  • All right? And avoiding stress.

  • So, okay, well I hope that's been helpful and also taught you maybe some new vocabulary

  • as well, connected with the subject. So if you'd like to take a quiz,

  • please go to the website, www.engvid.com, and do a quiz.

  • And if you'd like to subscribe to my YouTube channel,

  • that would be great. And look forward to seeing you again next time.

  • Okay. Bye for now.

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