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Also Stress Makes You More Social

Also Stress Makes You More Social

When oxytocin is released in the stress response, it is motivating you to seek support, your biological stress response is nudging you to tell someone how you feel instead of bottling it up. Your stress response wants to make sure you notice when someone else in your life is struggling so that you can support each other. When life is difficult your stress response wants you to be surrounded by people who care about you!

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Dental Student🦷 An aspiring Doctor striving towards the path of righteousness.⚕

This TED talk indeed reshifted my perspectives towards "stress!"

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