How does stress affect the brain?
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Are you sleeping restlessly? Feeling irritable or moody? Forgetting little things and feeling overwhelmed and isolated? Don't worry we have all been there. You're probably just stressed out. Stress isn't always a bad thing. It can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus like when you're playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But when it's continous, the kind most of us face day in and day out, it actually begins to change your brain
Chronic stress like being overworked or having arguments at home can affect brain size, it's structure and how it functions right down to the level of your genes. Stress begins with something called the hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis. A series of interactions between endocrine glands in the brain and on the kidney which controls your body reaction to stress. When your brain detects a stressful situation, your HPA axis is instantly activated and releases a hormone called the cortisol which primes your body for instant action but high levels of cortisol over a long period of time can wreck havoc on your brain. For example chronic stress increases the activity level in number of neural connections in the amygdala....................................................................................,...
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