Rhetoric
Business Plan
Music Recording
ACT
College
Are You good enough?
Why is this so hard?
The thoughts of these are enough to send a dose of adrenaline coursing throughout my body and coming to the end of the quarter they all seem to pile up at once. I have one exciting week in front of me.... But this got me thinking what causes stress and how does it affect your brain?
Stress is how your body responds to a feeling of being upset or threats. When you sense danger your body initiates a fight or flight reaction, otherwise known as a stress response. Stress is to protect you, in the wild it helps you to be more alert, focused and observant allowing you to escape danger.
Stress is also helpful as it is what convinces you to focus on the game winning hit, or study for an exam when you would rather be doing other things.
However, stress can block memory sensors such as cortisol because it blocks the neurotransmitters involved in some forms of memory recall.
How does stress affect the brain?
This can be described better by pictures....
NORMAL Stressed
As this next week comes to a close, I can not wait to head back to the nice blue of normal.
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