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Why Your Nervous System Hates Micro-Stressors Most people think of stress as something obvious: a major deadline, a breakup, a financial problem, an argument, or a crisis. But the nervous system does not only respond to big events. It also responds to the small, repeated stressors that fill everyday life.

In a world of constant notifications, background noise, packed schedules, bright screens, and endless information, many people are not just tired; they are overstimulated. Overstimulation happens when the brain and body take in more input than they can comfortably process. This can leave someone feeling irritable, anxious, foggy, drained, restless,