Ongoing stress uses essential nutrients, weakens your nervous and immune systems, and disrupts hormones that support energy and menstrual cycles. It can also affect your mood and mental clarity.^1-4

When stress becomes chronic, it can activate genes linked to disease, increasing the risk of long-term health problems.^1,2

Because the nervous system is closely connected to the whole body, stress can trigger or worsen gut, skin, and immune issues - often the first signs you might notice but easily overlook.^1,2

Sleep plays a vital role in supporting the nervous system. During deep sleep, both the immune and circulatory systems become active, allowing essential repair and recovery to occur.⁵

Sleep can easily be disrupted by daily habits: late work hours, screen time, night shifts, irregular routines, and too much caffeine all throw off your body’s natural rhythm. Sleep issues may stem from short-term stress or longer-term imbalances.^6-8

Even brief sleep loss can impact mood, focus, memory, and performance. Ongoing poor sleep increases the risk of weight gain, high blood pressure, inflammation, and type 2 diabetes.^7,8

Fatigue can make you feel like you’re on 'low battery mode'. It is often a sign that something deeper is going on in the body, like your cells not making energy as well as they could.⁹

This can be due to things like lingering inflammation after an infection, gut imbalances affecting your immune system, or nutrient deficiencies combined with hormone issues. These factors can all layer together and drain your energy.⁹