Key points

When stress hits, your brain betrays you — unless you train it back online.

A broken heart hurts like a punch: Your brain fires as if your nose were broken.

The Stoic Secret: Reframe pain as training, and obstacles become fuel.

Real armor isn’t invulnerability — it’s wisdom, courage, and radical love.

The first time you take a real punch to the face, everything stops. The sharp crack of bone, the dizzying blur of lights, the taste of iron in your mouth — your body screams at you to stay out of the fight. Neuroscience research shows that under acute stress, the amygdala rapidly activates stress hormones (like adrenaline and cortisol), while the prefrontal cortex—our seat of judgment and strategy—can be taken offline through powerful neurochemical signaling .

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