Is high cortisol making you less attractive?
These are examples of actual questions youll find TikTokers answering.
(Talk about stress-inducing.)
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All can be normalphysical responses to stress.
Also called your fight-or-flight hormone, cortisol triggersphysiological processesthat help you respond to potential danger.
One example: Cortisol regulates yourmetabolismand keeps your blood pressure steady.
But the bigger question is: Can you actually control your cortisol levels?
And, if so, do you even need to?
We talked to endocrinologists to find out those answersand to ease our minds and yours.
What causes high cortisol?
And thats not a bad thing.
Cushing Syndrome can also cause major fatigue and muscle weakness, especially in the upper legs.
But thats an extreme case.
Can stress cause high cortisol?
But should you stress about your cortisol levels?
Dr. Isaacs adds, Stress is bad for the body; it makes people feel bad.
But cortisol is not the major factor in why stress is bad.
If you fixate on your cortisol levels every day, that can be unhealthy, says Dr. Cheesman.
That itself might lead to more stress and higher cortisol levels.
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