Believe it or not, but some stress is good for you — sharpens focus, gets
your adrenal system pumping and make you alert and capable of getting things done.
Not exact matches
In girlfriend language, you press the «on» button for your sympathetic nervous
system (the fight - or - flight half of your nervous
system), which tells your
adrenal glands to
pump out more adrenaline and cortisol.
Your cortisol and adrenaline hormones are imbalanced, and the excessive amount of hormones being
pumped from your
adrenal glands disrupts your NeuroEndoMetabolic (NEM) Stress Response
system.
The
pumping function of the heart becomes less efficient; the liver and kidneys decrease in weight and their ability to filter toxins decreases; the thyroid and
adrenal glands may decrease or increase the amount of hormone that they produce; there is a decrease in joint cartilage and muscle mass; dental disease is more common in older patients; and even the nervous
system is affected as there is a decrease in blood flow to the brain and a decrease in brain function.