Chronic stress can have huge implications for health.
We talked to doctors to understand how stress affects the body, system by system.
Britney Blair, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist board-certified in both behavioral sleep medicine and sexual medicine.
Magdalena Cadet, MD, is a rheumatologist and assistant professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center.
All of this together is whats referred to as the fight or flight response.
But there are some universalities to be aware of.
psychiatrist and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine
Stress can majorly disrupt sleep
Waking up every hour?
Unable to fall asleep?
Like J Lo, are you tossing and turning, emotions are strong?
Thats a classic manifestation of stress.
It can make you break out…
If youve ever broken out in acne right before an important meeting, it was likelystress-induced.
(And all of these conditions are inflammatory ones.)
Its Amazing How Its All Connected.
It can thin your hair
Acne isnt the only side effect of increased oil production.
psychiatrist and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine
(Thankfully in most cases, the hair grows back.)
These stress headaches and migraines can even temporarily affect vision in the form of seeing auras.
Our diaphragm is our main breathing muscle.
It can mess with your digestion…
Imagine if youre trying to run away from a tiger.
Its no wonder that so many people are sharingstories of stranger-than-usual periods during quarantine.
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