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last night I finished something very stressful for me, but then my anxiety refused to accept the fact I no longer had to stress about it.
So I was up half the night with irrational stress dreams and anxious thoughts.
Why can’t my pride and satisfaction have the stubbornness of my anxiety?!
For future reference, it's your cortisol levels. When you're stressed for a long time they build up more and more, which means they take longer to come down
Is there a way for the layperson to do a quick check on the actual level? Like a blood sugar test?
Wondering if this is why setbacks regularly ruin entire days for me. Sometimes even minor ones.
Quick search engine says there are at home tests but you'll prolly have to use a bodily fluid like blood or saliva. I'd bet you have to order them, I've never seen a cortisol test at my local pharmacy