That's because the release of excessive cortisol (your stress hormone) diminishes your body's production of testosterone, which is why
the chronically stressed feel so tired.
Not exact matches
The
chronically stressed rats swam less vigorously in a tank of water, indicating their
feelings of rodent hopelessness.
If you
feel chronically stressed, you have
chronically elevated levels of cortisol.
This means that if you're
chronically stressed, your muscles may
feel tired even before you hit the gym, while the mental fatigue will decrease your overall motivation and ability to push yourself to your limits, lessening the quality of your workout.
When you're
chronically stressed, you could be completely exhausted and still struggling to fall asleep or get a sufficient amount of good quality sleep, or you could be sleeping more than 12 hours and still
feel pretty beaten up.
(That said, other issues with your diet,
stress, or sleep deprivation can also leave you
feeling chronically sluggish, so you shouldn't assume a potassium deficiency is the culprit.)
When we are
chronically stressed, we perceive the world as hostile and we
feel unsafe or anxious and cortisol is secreted.
For these people, when blood sugar goes too low, instead of producing ketones it could set off a
stress hormone cascade and hypoglycemia that leaves you
feeling chronically fatigued.
According to
stress expert David Posen, M.D. and author of «Work is Killing You,» people who are
chronically stressed look and
feel tired.
However, if we are not digesting properly, our hormones are out of whack, or we are
chronically stressed, our bodies may not reap the benefits of a nutritious diet, causing us to
feel icky and tired when we should be
feeling healthy and energized.
For example, when we
feel chronically stressed the level of cortisol (one of our major
stress hormones) remains high throughout the day.
However, it's not normal to
feel chronically sore and
feeling sore most of the time can be a sign that you're placing TOO much
stress on your body.
By contrast, high -
stress environments in which students
feel chronically unsafe and uncared for make it physically and emotionally harder for them to learn and more likely for them to act out or drop out.
It seems that when we are
chronically under significant pressure and our brains are asked to cope with high levels of
stress, the tension and anxiety we
feel detracts from our ability to focus — we become more distractible and the capacity of our short - term memory is reduced.
It not only leaves you
feeling chronically stressed, but can also cause
feelings of exhaustion, depression, and isolation.