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Stress can be life-threatening.

When we’re stressed, our brain releases toxic hormones that damage our higher brain functions and consequently hamper our mental performance. Our higher brain, or the prefrontal cortex, is where we derive our human intelligence. Think of it as the executive office of the brain, where the big decisions are made.

21 December, 2019 03:58 Share

Your stress hormones, however, disable these high-order functions. As a consequence, your brain functionality is dumbed down, thus making you predisposed to making poor decisions or mental missteps. Furthermore, stress hormones sever the connections between your brain cells and shrink your brain’s neural networks. As a consequence, stress prevents your brain from making the new connections that are necessary for learning and creativity.

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stress hormones weaken your immune system as well as damage your heart and even the chromosomes within your cells’ nuclei! Consequently, we find that a myriad of illnesses are directly related to stress, such as heart diseases, strokes, cancer and diabetes, to name only a few of the thousands that exist. In fact, once you tally up all the stress-related diseases, you could consider stress to be the number one cause of death in the United States!

21 December, 2019 03:59 Share