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[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 months ago

I get it of course, but just for fun, can you explain it as if I'm too lazy to look up what that is?

(I know serotonin is generally linked with happiness, but I don't know the other thing)

[-] Sir_Fridge@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

It's stress hormones you use to handle stress with becoming an emotional wreck. This includes physical stress like getting sick but also of course emotional stress.

The effects of low cortisol are similar to a burnout and high cortisol makes you worry and restless on the low end and paranoid at the high end.

Corticosteroids are synthetic versions of this and often use to treat infections and inflammation.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 3 months ago

Research skills are a muscle. ;)

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