How stress affects your brain - Madhumita Murgia

Yay now I'm stressed about my stress.

And then parents wonder why their stressed children have a harder time to learn stuff...

I burst into tears watching this. I was always a very productive person, an A and B student as a child, read many books, was very confident in my knowledge, knew how to share and express my ideas clearly and confidently, did not stutter, bullies couldn't get to me...I'm not that person anymore...and seeing what my brain could look like now...it's really hard. I always put so much work into learning and expanding my knowledge. I don't know if I could ever be who I was before again. I don't know if I could even limit the damage that's still being made. Every time I take a step forward, I'm sucked back into the same whirl again somehow. I want to exercise and meditate and read and grow again, but I feel so tied up sometimes. I don't know. I want to so bad. It looks so easy when other people do it. I don't know why the simplest of things are so hard for me.

I drank alcohol every day for three years straight. I worked too much. Failed relationships. And depressed. I ended up homeless for a few weeks in a foreign country, with no money. The only way I recovered from all that stress was to go back to my mom and stay in my room for months on end. I had to remove myself from all the things I experienced as stressful. These days I feel so much stronger and healthier. If you're going through a lot, always remember it's not too late for you.

Child deserves a loving parent for their mental well being.

this channel has become a class I never payed for, but learned a lot from.. thank you

I suffered severe anxiety, stress disorders several years ago. Was actually addicted to alcohol. Also suffered mental disorder and cptsd. Not until my wife recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 8 years totally clean. Never thought I would be saying this about mushrooms.

As someone going through massive amounts of stress this made me wanna cry ...but there's always hope

I wish I experienced a caring and concerned parent when I was a kid

Huh..... I'm seriously screwed

This explains so much about my decreased memory, learning and overall cognition. If this doesn’t scare you into making changes I don’t know what will!

shrooms completely changed my whole life. I became a better version of myself This experience gave me a lot of confidence about myself and my body. A bunch of bad thought/behavior patterns were broken. One of these were pretty bad OCD that made me wash my hands a lot. It gave me a lot of hope that thing will be fine, this is one thing that I heard throughout the trip; Everything is alright. The main reason for the trip was my severe depression and it definitely helped me(although it's not gone). Before all I could do was lay in bed. Now I am trying to rebuild my life one step at a time which wasn't possible before.

How did you know I was going through so much stress? I feel like I cannot even relax without guilt.

"Get in control of your stress, before it takes control of you" easier said than done.

I find it so helplessly when someone say "take control of your problem", or "it's in your hands to change your life". I'm stressed and depressed because of the very fact that I can't cope with my problems anymore, I find life so overwhelming that it makes me want to give up.

You can’t imagine the relief I felt when I learned that it’s fixable and manageable. Thanks for the great content ❤️🙏🏻

I think having well educated and understanding parents is the most important for a well developed brain

I'm going to cry, this made me even more stressed.

Stress has taken control of me 3 years already Results: no reaction to my surroundings Never care of surroundings Easy to forget things

now i'm just mourning the things i've done to my brain as i've been stressed for so long. but!!! a reminder to those that feel like this too! we can heal our bodies and our brains. it's never too late