Why Your Brain Goes Blank Under Stress (It’s Not Laziness) Companion to the YouTube video: https://youtu.be/K62v9A9QkeE Have you ever reread the same sentence three times and still had no idea what it said? Or opened a message, stared at it for a few seconds, and completely forgotten what you were about to type? Maybe you’ve even thought, “What is wrong with me?” If you’ve ever wondered whether something is wrong with your brain, stay with me. Here’s the truth. Nothing is wrong with you. Under stress, your brain shifts resources away from executive control and toward threat detection. What you’re experiencing isn’t laziness or a lack of discipline, and it definitely isn’t a lack of intelligence. It’s something called cognitive overload . And once you understand what’s actually happening inside your brain, that foggy, blank feeling starts to make sense. Because your brain isn’t failing. It’s shifting priorities. 🎥 Watch the Companion Vi...

Stress Hijacks Reality: Why You Can’t Trust Your Intuition When Dysregulated When you’re stressed, anxious, or emotionally flooded, your intuition can feel loud and certain — but neuroscience shows that certainty often increases as clarity decreases. When stress spikes, the brain can shift from thoughtful reasoning to fast survival reactions. You’ve probably heard “trust your gut.” Sometimes that’s great advice. But there’s an important exception: when you’re dysregulated — anxious, activated, panicky, shutdown, or emotionally flooded — your “intuition” can become unreliable. That’s not a character flaw. It’s a built-in survival feature: under stress, the brain reallocates resources away from complex thinking and toward threat detection and rapid response. [1] The result is a distorted version of reality that can feel urgent, personal, and absolutely true. The amygdala: your threat alarm (fast, react...