Mothers frequently confront chronic overstimulation characterized by irritability and anxiety due to constant sensory input from their environment. The amygdala, which typically registers real threats, becomes hypervigilant in stressed or sleep-deprived individuals. This creates a heightened reaction to minor stimuli like noise or chaos. Over time, frequent overstimulation can weaken vagal tone, making it difficult for the body to exit the fight-or-flight response, which rewires the brain to remain in a reactive state expectant of threats.
This is a lived reality for so many women - especially mothers - navigating chronic overstimulation, invisible labor, and nervous system overload in a world that often expects them to power through.
The amygdala is your brain's smoke detector. In a calm system, it helps flag legitimate threats. But in a chronically stressed or sleep-deprived brain, it becomes hypervigilant, labeling every minor disruption - noise, clutter, chaos - as a potential danger.
The more often you get overstimulated, the easier it is for it to happen next time. Or, you stay stuck in fight-or-flight long after the stressor has passed.
It's a physiological response, and when it happens over and over again, it rewires the brain into a reactive state.
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