Your Stressed-Out Brain and the False Promise of Relief

When you’re feeling stressed, anxious, or down, what do you do—what do you turn to—to feel better?

There’s an 80s song by the band Fleetwood Mac that describes what many of us do … probably far too often. As Jim Beviglia says, writing for American Songwriter, the songs narrator “decides to suspend disbelief, reveling in the untruth when the actual truth hurts,” as she sings wistfully, “Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies!”

According to scientific research, the brain, it turns out, is especially susceptible to “sweet little lies” when we are “feeling bad.” And that’s especially bad because how we respond to stress makes a tremendous difference in our quality of life.


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