Chronic Stress and Depression: What’s the Link?

Chronic stress and depression are related. A hormone links the two. It’s a small peptide that causes a whole series of brain changes when you’re suffering from stress. Indeed, with factors of stress being constant worry and a lack of physical and mental rest, you find yourself pushed towards a state of total exhaustion. Your brain possesses the amazing ability of neuroplasticity. Everything that surrounds you, the way you interpret it, what you feel, and whatever you’re worrying about, sets off a whole cascade of neurochemical alterations in your brain. When you’re stressed, you gradually stop releasing dopamine. This makes you…