ELI5= how come when you’re emotionally burnt out you feel physically exhausted?
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Stress affects your whole body, not just your brain. Your heart rate and blood pressure end up elevated. There are stress hormones that flood your body and upset your digestive system and other organs. It’s very recent in human history that we have things to be emotionally upset about that AREN’T also a likely immediate threat to our physical health. Our body isn’t very good at separating stress from a job vs. stress from a tiger in the bushes. Everything is on high alert, and that is exhausting.
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