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PhD candidate, Higher Education + Leadership @baylor || writer • speaker • podcaster || basic needs, belonging, thriving, + vulnerability researcher
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Jul 26, 2022 13 tweets 3 min read
A 🧵 on burnout

Yesterday I learned that when people are burnt out, their amygdala enlarges. For all you non-neuroscientists, here's what that means and why it's important. 1/

#AcademicChatter @AcademicChatter @CouragePhD The amygdala is the part of our brain that controls our emotional response to stimuli that we perceive as threatening.

When the amygdala is functioning correctly, we have appropriate fight, flight, or freeze responses. 2/