S7 EP1: Are You Addicted To Stress?

What is stress doing to your brain? We usually think of stress as
a bad thing, but there is such a thing as good stress, and even
in the case of bad stress, it can have some effects on your brain
that your brain actually likes. So are you addicted to stress?
Are you seeking it out without realizing it? And what is that
doing to you?


Listen to today’s episode as Rachael and Kelsea talk about
stress, what it does to your brain, how trauma exposure
correlates to stress, and how you might be seeking out stress
instead of minimizing it.


Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:


What stress does to your brain

The baseline for stress

The exposure to trauma that correlates with stress

The effects of stress that the brain actually likes

Why we might seek out stress

How people put themselves in stressful situations

How people can associate physical trauma with love when
they’ve experienced physical abuse

Panic attacks and physical markers

Maintaining healthy stress levels

Being stressed personally and having empathy for what’s going
on around you

Cutting yourself some slack

Inserting stressors in your life because it gives you control



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