Each of these clinically recognized stressors – from tight deadlines and chronic infections to environmental toxins and past emotional trauma – can push your system into a state of constant alert.
Multiple stressors acting together can firmly lock your body in fight-or-flight mode. When the vagus nerve stalls, recovery stalls: sleep stays shallow, HRV sinks (your “calm signal”), your mind stays on high alert, and energy drains faster than you can restore it.
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