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Mental Health
What chronic stress does to your body and mind — and what the research actually says about recovery. Written with clinical honesty and without toxic positivity.
4 articles
Chronic stress isn't only a psychological event. It acts on your cortisol system, your immune response, your sleep architecture and your cardiovascular function, and those effects are documented rather than metaphorical.
These articles deal with the clinical side of burnout without toxic positivity: what prolonged stress does to the body over time, how to distinguish burnout from depression when they share almost every surface symptom, and the restless, structureless anxiety that often arrives once the pressure finally lifts.
None of this substitutes for talking to a doctor. Several of these pieces exist to help you decide whether it's time to.
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