Stress and anxiety can keep your period from lowering

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Maybe you are a month late and you think you may be pregnant, it is possible that you have taken the pregnancy test but it has been negative. Apparently you are in good health and you do not understand why your period does not drop, but I will ask you a question: are you stressed or do you normally feel anxiety? Stress and anxiety can be reasons for your period to disappear.

Being stressed is not good for your health or your body. Stress and anxiety can cause you many problems, from a reduction in your immune response to severe emotional problems. The menstrual cycle is regulated by a balance between hormones And anything that can alter the release of these hormones can affect menstruation.

Stress directly interferes with the normal functioning of the brain's hypothalamus (which is the "command center" of the brain and produces hormones and regulates the menstrual cycle, sexual desire, mood, emotions and other functions).

When you stress your body perceives that it is in danger and sends a warning call to your hypothalamus to communicate with the rest of the body. The hypothalamus sets off an alarm system for danger and sends it to the pituitary gland that will secrete a hormone called corticotropin that will stimulate the adrenal glands to release cortisol and adrenaline.

This is all a very complicated process, but activating the body's response to stress can disrupt normal body processes, like regulating your menstrual cycle. The body will be so focused on managing the perception of danger that other normal bodily functions take a back seat.

It is for all this that if you are stressed or anxious, it is absolutely necessary that you find a way to relax in order to balance your body and your period.


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