How stress affects your body – Sharon Horesh Bergquist
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Our hard-wired stress response is designed to gives us the quick burst of heightened alertness and energy needed to perform our best. But stress isn’t all good. When activated too long or too often, stress can damage virtually every part of our body. Sharon Horesh Bergquist gives us a look at what goes on inside our body when we are chronically stressed.
Lesson by Sharon Horesh Bergquist, animation by Adriatic Animation.
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I appreciated how the speaker explained that stress isn't just a mental state—it triggers real physical changes, like hormonal shifts and immune effects. It was eye‑opening to learn how chronic stress can contribute to things like indigestion, muscle tension, or even higher infection risk.
One idea I'd add: small, daily practices—like short mindfulness breaks or breathing exercises—can interrupt that stress response before it spirals. It would be interesting to see a follow‑up video on practical strategies for that "interrupt," especially tailored to students or professionals. What simple tools do others find most effective in managing their daily stress?
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2:32 made me spit out my drink 🤣🤣🤣 cortisol definitely has me looking like that
Stress does NOT cause sickness. Stress is a TRIGGER for sickness. 🤦🏻♀️
Thank you for this video my life feels sweeter
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4:00 we have a conclusion here
I'm watching this at 1.5x speed because I'm stressed out about what I'm going to find out
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I’ve been there—what helped me most was learning how to rest my mind, not just my body.
Who else is here for the class
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I thought this was a myth when I was 15 but am now the biggest victim of this. I worked overtime all week last week and now I can’t get out of bed and have been staring at the ceiling for the past 6 hours.
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I'm struggling with dizziness, fatigue, and brain fog. I have 20 days left until the exam I've been preparing for for a year. I've been to ophthalmologists, ear specialists, and neurologists, and they all recommend staying away from stress to alleviate my symptoms. And now, here i am watching a vid about harms of the stress and being stressed about my stress.
Today, I experienced something. I had some overwhelming anxious thoughts after a minor incident(something that wouldn't affect me, but did). My heart started beating fast and hard, I was breathing hard, my muscles started aching. I was fidgeting on spot, wanted to jump out of that position. After that incident, my body was sore. Felt like I just got off from a rollercoaster, but the thing was I felt no joy. My usual sense of motivation was gone. My body still feels tired af even though there was no labour.
this stressed me out
Great content!
How these MFS with a bunch of money and contacts can make sick because they are useless?!
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Im rlly stress because of school
THAT’S THE SAME VIDEO THAT MY TEACHER OF HEALTH PUT IN THE CLASS
I understood I had to calm myself down when I got gingivitis bcs of stress lol
when im in an event ,i tend to overthink and stress too much so everytime i did that i would have fatigue ,muscle pain and fever…
Tamam bunu izlerken çalışmadığım için stresliyim çalışırkende çalışmak istemediğim için stres oluyorum
Anyone else had to watch a video the teacher assigned the class to?
How about stress caused mostly by certain people? In a case where one cannot get away from it wholly, and the stressor person keeps coming back attacking accusing of fraud and picks apart every single thing in this legal matter? To the point one also is stressed that said person will actually take legal action (bogus though it may be)? Can this all cause or super instigate major pain all over the body?
I didn't know stress could lead to high cholesterol
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Me watching with my autoimmune disease
Can confirm, I've been through a lot this year and i noticed a huge change in my appearance, hair loss, dark circles, and a dull look along with weight loss. It's a huge issue .
Yani buradan şu sonuç çıkıyor Türk gencii….
Okay so….. if you're stressed about your stress reply here
thank you to help me realize the more information i cram the more stress i get. Appreciate it<3
Endokrin (hormon) sistemimizdeki böbrek üstü bezlerimizden salgılanan steroit yapılı bir hormon olan Kortizol , uzun süreli stres durumunda vücuttaki amino asitleri glikoza çevirir ve bu süreçte çok zehirli bir atık olan aamonyak (NH3) oluşur.. en basit bilgilerine soyleyebilirm ki , bağışıklığını hastalıklara daha duyarlı hale gelir. (Bana da sürpriz oldu çünkü bu dersi bugün gördük 😊
I had never been so concentrated on video….I suffer from panic attack and chronic anxiety for too long….I am supposed to continue meditation but I am a bit tired with it!
Here from TripleTen
stress is something terrible, it is not easy to overcome
Imagine staged plots to cause mentall and biophysiological harm to a person though staged induced stress I think this is attempted murder, wouldn't you agree?
Единовременный стресс-это не стресс, а у меня он длится третий год.😢😢😢😢. Впереди неизвестность. И суд затянулся и полиция ничего не делает. И юрист ничего не делает. И самое главное-я в такой неизвестности даже работу не могу искать. И со здоровьем проблемы, с ногами😢😢😢😢. Мне бы уколы в колено что ли, денег нет😢
I wear pull on pants and I don't stress eat I have a heart condition though they are going to check for blockages in like 3 weeks
Good video, i'm feeling stress for a long time. Now im changing my habits. Life feels less heavy. Eveything will be ok my friend, just try to relax and sleep well
Maine Planet Ayurveda ka Brahmi Vati use kiya aur ab stress kam aur concentration zyada hai.