Send us a text Burnout doesn’t start at the to-do list; it starts in the brain. We trace how the body’s stress system, the HPA axis, keeps cortisol high and quietly slams the brakes on testosterone production, leaving you tired, irritable, sleepless, and stuck in a high-stress, low-T loop. Short spikes of stress can briefly nudge T up, but the long grind reliably suppresses the HPG axis. That matters because testosterone normally dampens stress reactivity—when T drops, your stress response ge...
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