chronic stress

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, chronic stress has been mentioned in 3 episodes across 1 podcast, first heard Oct 2025 on The Diary Of A CEO. Chronic stress is mentioned in several episodes of The Diary Of A CEO, highlighting its negative effects on health. In one episode, it is noted that chronic stress can lead to increased energy expenditure and various health issues. Another episode discusses how chronic stress can damage mitochondria and contribute to chronic diseases, emphasizing the hormonal shifts it causes in the body.

Stress, whether physiological, biological or psychological, is an organism's response to a stressor, such as an environmental condition or change in life circumstances. When stressed by stimuli that alter an organism's environment, multiple systems respond across the body. In humans and most mammals, the autonomic nervous system and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis are the two major systems that respond to stress. Two well-known hormones that humans produce during stressful situations a