Understanding Stress, Overwhelm & Burnout

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A free virtual hour talk on how the nervous system responds to stress, and what helps teens and the adults around them.

A free virtual hour-long talk on how the nervous system responds to stress, and what helps teens and the adults around them.

Stress shows up differently for everyone. Some people get irritable, some go quiet, some stay busy so they don’t have to feel it, and some freeze in front of a task they can’t seem to start. None of these responses mean something is wrong with you. They’re your nervous system doing its job, trying to protect you.

In this hour, Mackenzie Howard, RP (Qualifying), from St. Lawrence Psychotherapy and Wellness, walks through what happens in the body and brain when stress hits, and why it can build from manageable into overwhelming.

We’ll talk about:

• what the nervous system actually does, and why it reacts the way it does