As crisis mounts, researcher explains what lasting stress does to our bodies and biology [centerforhealthjournalism.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 3/31/202:21 PM

By Ryan White, Center for Health Journalism, March 18, 2020

Think of the brain, honed by millennia of evolution, as a powerful predictive machine, constantly scanning the horizon for signs of what’s to come. Like an eager young scout, the brain relishes the state of readiness.

But what happens when that future is shrouded in a thick fog of uncertainty? Or worse, when that veil conceals real threats to our safety and well-being that exceed our control?

That’s essentially the situation we all find ourselves in at the moment, UCSF stress researcher Alexandra Croswell told reporters tuning in to the 2020 California Fellowship this week in the midst of the escalating coronavirus crisis.

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