stress
Just a few weeks of stress causes neurons, particularly neurons in the hippocampus (Illustration 4), a part of the brain involved in memory and learning, to begin to wither and die.
Sarah Warren • The Pain Relief Secret: How to Retrain Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, and Overcome Chronic Pain
gotcha
I’m dead
now see me bleed
do you see your greed?
oh wait— that’s not punishment enough?
the consequences of
all your inactions
but you don’t even
look
at me
at what’s you did
you’re still living
the maggots are brimming
gotcha
I’m dead
— poem from my journal 21-01-2025
Written by Rooney Morgan
This is actually a common feature of panic disorder—it is called relaxation-induced panic. I had spent so much time trying to be calm so as to not be anxious that the two states were now glued at the mental
Steven Hayes • A Liberated Mind: The essential guide to ACT
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