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What happens to your blood when you’re stressed? We put it to the test

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par Lewis Fall, Senior Lecturer in Human Physiology, University of South Wales

We have all heard it: “It’s just in your head.”

When work deadlines pile up, financial worries linger or an unexpected public speaking obligation looms, we often treat anxiety as a purely psychological challenge – something to be overcome with a bit of willpower.

But our bodies don’t separate the psychological from the physical. Your brain is not an island, and anxiety does not stay trapped between your ears. It triggers a rapid cascade of biochemical changes that travel through the bloodstream…

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