Poetry

Anxiety

The Biology of Neurosis

Sofia Storia
May 14, 2022

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Can’t relax nor think what to do
Amygdala is overactive
Atrophy of hippocampus
Androgens building up
Heart palpitations

Autonomic’s fight or flight
Hard to breathe
Get into parasympathetic mode
Vagus nerve needs to be stimulated

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Sofia Storia

A chronicler-entrepreneur-governess, I mostly scribble tales of psycho-philosophical nature here...