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Does sadness/crying qualify as stress physiologically? (1 Viewer)

Does sadness/crying qualify as stress physiologically?
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I know stress - aka worry, fear, anger - are bad for growth and development, but is this the same for depression, sadness, and crying? If so, how to mentally react less to shitty times in life?
 

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Just never streSS brotal.
 
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I know stress - aka worry, fear, anger - are bad for growth and development, but is this the same for depression, sadness, and crying? If so, how to mentally react less to shitty times in life?
bro the fundamental of bpmaxxing is not to raise cortisol and crying raise cortisol.
 
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Why do you need to know this
 

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I know stress - aka worry, fear, anger - are bad for growth and development, but is this the same for depression, sadness, and crying? If so, how to mentally react less to shitty times in life?
the_bibisi_drove_him_crazy.jpg
 

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I know stress - aka worry, fear, anger - are bad for growth and development, but is this the same for depression, sadness, and crying? If so, how to mentally react less to shitty times in life?
Don't react like Ayanakoji
 

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Try snus always prevents me from spiking my cortisol and provides me dopamine lmao
 

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Good supportive community around u(10% chance of having that so can cut that out).

Need good copes, videogames, working wthv until you fell into a giga hard doom with learned helplessness where you'll need shi like stimulants, T3, SSRIs and such(testosterone too ig).
 
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Good supportive community around u(10% chance of having that so can cut that out).

Need good copes, videogames, working wthv until you fell into a giga hard doom with learned helplessness where you'll need shi like stimulants, T3, SSRIs and such(testosterone too ig).
Too young to sup, jst coping with my 2 irl friends and music at this point
 
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Try snus always prevents me from spiking my cortisol and provides me dopamine lmao
I occasionally pop a snus but I’m trying to be healthier
 
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Most obivous obnoxious farm but it can slide cuz no modes are active
except daker but he on some aura shit and i havent seen this guy in a thread in forever
 
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Most obivous obnoxious farm but it can slide cuz no modes are active
I’m not tryna farm I jst have no shit going on in my life and I’m responding to random threads
 

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except daker but he on some aura shit and i havent seen this guy in a thread in forever
Lets not talk about daker hes very angry at me
 

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