Stress is something that affects many people across the world, and it is known to have many negative effects on your health. But John Whyte sees the other side, what health benefits stress can give. In his article “How Stress Can Be a Very Good Thing” He states that stress can Improve your memory, make it be turned into positive energy in the workplace, make life more interesting and enjoyable, and help your immune system. But actually the the down sides that come from those two combined with stress the benefits are far outweighed by negatives. Stress impact on memory has been studied by many people and one definite answer of it being bad or good has not been chosen. But what bad can come from it for example. “one person might recall that he forgot a …show more content…
Some of the illnesses you can acquire from this is Migraines, Tension Headaches, and Common cold or influenza (Porensky 8). So with a very small if any in improvement those health risks come. So it is not very much of a benefit at all but a liability for when the illnesses come. So without stress many health benefits come. Better concentration, stable moods, and better physical health (Porensky 9). so as you see the so called health benefits are minute compared to what bad can come from stress build up.
In conclusion The effects from the benefits of stress stated by John Whyte. That it can Improve your memory, make it be turned into positive energy in the workplace, make life more interesting and enjoyable, and help your immune system. Are not as true as he makes them out to be. Instead lies many downsides and health issues that are overlooked in Whyte’s article. From all the downsides given it seems to be that the “positives” aren’t very positive but negatives because stress sometimes can linger for an extended amount of time causing or worsening the effects stated