When you been stressed and exhausted for too long, you become frazzled.
Stress has three major hormones, Adrenaline, Norepinephrine, and Cortisol. When we engage in stressful emotions, thoughts, and behaviors, we create a condition called frazzled, where we show the effects of mental strain and exhaustion. In addition, we have cellphones, tablets, laptops, and TVs to make sure we are constantly distracted, making us even more FRAZZLED.
Adrenaline and norepinephrine are fast-acting hormones that keep us safe during stressful moments. Now with smartphones, any moment we cannot scroll down our social media feed is a stressful one, and that produces hormones. These hormones create an increase in heart rate, surges of energy, and focus our attention. Adrenaline and norepinephrine would be helpful in one-off situations, but stressors happen regularly.
In relationships, when we are triggered to leave, these are usually hormonal reactions. When you do not correctly understand your inner world, it will filter your entire outer world. As you grow internally, you naturally can’t be around the same environments you have outgrown. In other words, our relationships are generally not as bad as our stress, and the inability to handle stress makes them out to be.
Cortisol, the stress hormone, is a slower-moving steroid hormone that has more extended consequences concerning encountering stress. In survival mode, cortisol is good because it reduces your sex drive, takes wellbeing-centered hormones and redirects them, stops digestion and growth. But, of course, cortisol production is not the end of the world in a short spell. However, too much suppresses the immune system, increases blood pressure and sugar, creates acne all over the body, obesity, and more.
Your conscious brain cannot multi-task, and this is what we think we are doing with our smartphones, when in fact, we are stressing ourselves out because we no longer focus entirely on tasks. So drink a mixture of Ashwagandha, Lemon balm, and Chamomile every morning to reduce cortisol levels and reduce stress responses throughout your day. Get out into nature, exercise regularly, and be mindful of your mindless scrolling on social media. Put your phone down, do some journaling, or take a walk if you find yourself feeling repeated stress over a long time.
