Emotional Dysregulation
The amygdala influences mood, so when it's overactive, you’re more likely to feel anxious, irritated, or emotionally drained. This is also why burnout can feel similar to depression or anxiety.
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Burnout is a prolonged stress response that overloads your brain’s systems, mainly involving three key areas: the prefrontal cortex, the amygdala, and the HPA axis (hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis).
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Emotion Regulation
When we try to manage and cope up with our emotions by redirecting, deflecting or changing our thoughts, we attempt to emotionally regulate ourselves, but if we are too overwhelmed, we cannot effectively regulate our emotions. We then experience emotional dysregulation
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