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Chronic stress

Chronic stress is a prolonged stress response that can disrupt sleep, emotional regulation, immune resilience, memory, and learning.

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Reducing pressure in school life

Reducing pressure in school life

Understanding school pressure as a biopsychosocial stressor School pressure is best understood as a biopsychosocial stressor: it affects biology, thoughts, emotions, behavior, family life, and social belonging. A child may look “lazy” or “unmotivated” when, in fact, their nervous system is overloaded. Stress activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and sympathetic nervous system, increasing cortisol, heart rate, […]