Hacker News with Generative AI: Stress

Cozy video games can be an antidote to stress and anxiety (reuters.com)
The holiday season has wrapped up, but winter stretches on. It’s time to get cozy. Tuck under the covers, brew a warm cup of tea, and settle in with your gaming console. Don’t feel guilty, it might even be good for you.
Gaming, Mental Health, Stress, Anxiety
54 points by BhavdeepSethi 20 days ago | 10 comments
How do interruptions impact different software engineering activities (rdel.substack.com)
Interruptions are part of every engineer's workday, but how do different types of interruptions affect productivity and stress? This week we ask: How do interruptions impact software engineers’ productivity and stress, and what can leaders do to mitigate their effects?
Software Engineering, Productivity, Stress, Leadership
195 points by kiyanwang 32 days ago | 57 comments
Retractions caused by honest mistakes are extremely stressful, say researchers (nature.com)
Most researchers whose papers are retracted owing to an honest mistake find the ordeal stressful, according to a survey of almost 100 authors1.
Science, Research, Academia, Stress, Retractions
6 points by bookofjoe 35 days ago | 0 comments
Effects of Stress on Memory (wikipedia.org)
The effects of stress on memory include interference with a person's capacity to encode memory and the ability to retrieve information.
Memory, Stress, Psychology, Cognitive Science
19 points by yamrzou 72 days ago | 5 comments
Stress can disrupt memory and lead to needless anxiety (nature.com)
Stress makes mice form big bundles of neurons in the brain that disrupt memory formation, making them fearful of harmless situations1 — which might help to explain why stressed people often feel threatened in safe environments.
Stress, Memory, Neuroscience, Anxiety
8 points by gnabgib 97 days ago | 0 comments
Gut microbiota regulates stress responsivity via the circadian system (sciencedirect.com)
Gut microbiota regulates stress responsivity via the circadian system
Microbiology, Health, Circadian Rhythm, Stress
4 points by gnabgib 107 days ago | 0 comments
Some people with ADHD thrive in periods of stress, new study shows (theguardian.com)
A recent study has revealed that some people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) cope best during periods of high stress.
ADHD, Stress, Psychology, Health, Research
39 points by grugagag 116 days ago | 42 comments
Energy-based model explains how chronic stress transforms into disease over time (sciencedirect.com)
Chronic psychosocial stress increases disease risk and mortality, but the underlying mechanisms remain largely unclear.
Science, Health, Stress, Disease, Biomedical Research
186 points by andrewstetsenko 123 days ago | 55 comments
Hot Take: Don'T provide incident resolution estimates (firehydrant.com)
Providing incident resolution times to customers is an unneeded stress for responders with very little gain.
Customer Service, Incident Management, Stress, Software Development
13 points by vinnyglennon 136 days ago | 20 comments
26-Year-Old EY Employee Succumbs to 'Work Stress' Four Months After Joining (reddit.com)
EY employee died of work pressure, her mother wrote letter to the director of EY. Thoughts ?
Work Culture, Stress, Mental Health, Employment
196 points by shscs911 156 days ago | 119 comments
Why Scrum is stressing you out (rethinkingsoftware.substack.com)
Programming today is stressful — way more stressful than I remember it in the 90s and early 2000s when I was just starting out. Back then, things would get crazy around deadlines, but at other times, I recall feeling pretty even. These days, however, the pressure seems omnipresent.
Software Development, Agile Methodologies, Stress, Work Culture
445 points by aard 159 days ago | 453 comments
Responding to work emails after hours contributes to burnout, hostility (theconversation.com)
Responding to work emails after hours contributes to burnout, hostility
Work-Life Balance, Burnout, Workplace Culture, Stress, Communication
18 points by rntn 161 days ago | 4 comments
Non-deceptive placebos can reduce stress, anxiety and depression, study finds (medicalxpress.com)
Placebos, Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Health
6 points by PaulHoule 179 days ago | 0 comments
Stressed mouse brain sends gut messages that reduce beneficial bacteria levels (medicalxpress.com)
Stress, Gut Health, Microbiome, Neuroscience, Biology
80 points by gmays 187 days ago | 16 comments