You're standing in front of the fridge. You're not hungry enough to know what you want, but you're too hungry to not eat. And somehow choosing between leftovers and toast has become an existential crisis. This isn't a willpower problem. A 2012 brain imaging study revealed that chronic stress physically reorganizes the circuits your brain uses to make choices, locking you into autopilot. This episode explains why and what your body is actually doing.

Maya Sloane is a nervous system educator, not a doctor. Nothing here is medical advice or diagnosis.

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