Misconceptions about Cortisol

[PSLbbc]

1) Cold showers do NOT raise cortisol to dangerous levels. Yes, cold exposure increases cortisol.
No, the increase is nowhere near enough to cause negative effects even if done regularly.

2) Acute stress ≠ chronic stress.
Cold showers, workouts, studying, forcing yourself to do anything = acute stress
Malnutrition, sleep deprivation, prolonged exposure, trauma = chronic stress

3) Cortisol only becomes harmful in extreme conditions such as severe malnutrition, chronic sleep deprivation, spending hours and hours in extreme cold, long term physical labor with poor recovery

Spoiler: Benefits of Cold Shower

•Boosts alertness & focus: Increases norepinephrine (and some dopamine), making you feel more awake and mentally sharp.
•Enhances circulation: Vasoconstriction followed by vasodilation improves vascular responsiveness and blood flow control

Importance of Cortisol: it mobilizes glucose, supports alertness and focus, and allows the body to respond effectively to physical and mental stress. Without normal cortisol release, you wouldn’t be able to wake up properly, train, handle challenges, or recover from stress.

Spoiler: Reasearch

1)ColdShower/Exposure: https://www.atria.org/education/science-of-cold-water-therapy/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
2) Role of Cortisol in Waking up:

Human studies on hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis - PubMed

The daily rhythm of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is regulated by the central clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Cortisol, a glucocorticoid, acts as a secondary messenger between the central clock and the peripheral tissues. Changes in clock time, as seen in shift workers...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

3) Basics of Cortisol: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30855827/
4) Acute and Chronic Stress:

Le stress dans tous ses états | médecine/sciences

médecine/sciences (M/S), revue internationale dans le domaine de la recherche biologique, médicale et en santé

www.medecinesciences.org

Stop being a tiktok faggot. "Increased/ decreased my cortisol" has to be one of the most corny and cringe terms I have heard. Most of you faggots haven't even watched a single full goatis video. You are just a lazy fuck accept it.


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[Foreverbrad]

My cortisol is chronically elevated above the reference range - every time I’ve had it tested. Pretty sure this is from extreme financial stress and loneliness.

 

[PSLbbc]

My cortisol is chronically elevated above the reference range - every time I’ve had it tested. Pretty sure this is from extreme financial stress and loneliness.

Depression

 

[Scandicel]

1) Cold showers do NOT raise cortisol to dangerous levels. Yes, cold exposure increases cortisol.
No, the increase is nowhere near enough to cause negative effects even if done regularly.

2) Acute stress ≠ chronic stress.
Cold showers, workouts, studying, forcing yourself to do anything = acute stress
Malnutrition, sleep deprivation, prolonged exposure, trauma = chronic stress

3) Cortisol only becomes harmful in extreme conditions such as severe malnutrition, chronic sleep deprivation, spending hours and hours in extreme cold, long term physical labor with poor recovery

Spoiler: Benefits of Cold Shower

•Boosts alertness & focus: Increases norepinephrine (and some dopamine), making you feel more awake and mentally sharp.
•Enhances circulation: Vasoconstriction followed by vasodilation improves vascular responsiveness and blood flow control

Importance of Cortisol: it mobilizes glucose, supports alertness and focus, and allows the body to respond effectively to physical and mental stress. Without normal cortisol release, you wouldn’t be able to wake up properly, train, handle challenges, or recover from stress.

Spoiler: Reasearch

1)ColdShower/Exposure: https://www.atria.org/education/science-of-cold-water-therapy/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
2) Role of Cortisol in Waking up:

Human studies on hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis - PubMed

The daily rhythm of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is regulated by the central clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Cortisol, a glucocorticoid, acts as a secondary messenger between the central clock and the peripheral tissues. Changes in clock time, as seen in shift workers...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

3) Basics of Cortisol: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30855827/
4) Acute and Chronic Stress:

Le stress dans tous ses états | médecine/sciences

médecine/sciences (M/S), revue internationale dans le domaine de la recherche biologique, médicale et en santé

www.medecinesciences.org

Stop being a tiktok faggot. "Increased/ decreased my cortisol" has to be one of the most corny and cringe terms I have heard. Most of you faggots haven't even watched a single full goatis video. You are just a lazy fuck accept it.


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nice thread!

 

[PSLbbc]

nice thread!

Isn't it

 

[Scandicel]

Isn't it

actually is, mirin effort

 

[ihatefoids88]

great thread pal

 

[PSLbbc]

great thread pal

Thanks ihatefoids88

 

[PSLbbc]

@rraymond

 

[ihatefoids88]

Thanks ihatefoids88

no problem PSLbbc

 

[PSLbbc]

@EvilSatanArseRapist @tomahawk

 

[tomahawk]

good thread!

 

[PSLbbc]

good thread!

Thank you bhaisab

 

[PSLbbc]

@Centurion_Hunter @BR32 @Histy

 

[tomahawk]

Thank you bhaisab

noticed it back when was training to absolute failure and past that
you feel the cortisol spike
negative feedback loop tho

 

[Orka]

Stop being a tiktok faggot. "Increased/ decreased my cortisol" has to be one of the most corny and cringe terms I have heard. Most of you faggots haven't even watched a single full goatis video. You are just a lazy fuck accept it.

I agree with this last statement and the thread but goatis isn't a good example lol

 

[LTNUser]

I don't think I have ever had my cortisol spiked

 

[PSLbbc]

I agree with this last statement and the thread but goatis isn't a good example lol

Who is

 

[PSLbbc]

noticed it back when was training to absolute failure and past that
you feel the cortisol spike
negative feedback loop tho

Absolutely

 

[PSLbbc]

I don't think I have ever had my cortisol spiked

Mirin

 

[PSLbbc]

@chris34 @Verdam @Elf

 

[PSLbbc]

@abzz

 

[EthiopianMaxxer]

can constant acute stress (such as the examples you listed) lead to chronic stress?

 

[PSLbbc]

can constant acute stress (such as the examples you listed) lead to chronic stress?

Yes absolutely

 

[EvilSatanArseRapist]

nice thread!

Truke

 

[keepswimming]

source=chatgpt.com

let me guess
just for formatting and finding sources

 

[PSLbbc]

let me guess
just for formatting and finding sources

No

 

[keepswimming]

No

but is still true so I don't really care
better than self written bullshit

 

[PSLbbc]

but is still true so I don't really care
better than self written bullshit

Grok

 

[abzz!]

1) Cold showers do NOT raise cortisol to dangerous levels. Yes, cold exposure increases cortisol.
No, the increase is nowhere near enough to cause negative effects even if done regularly.

2) Acute stress ≠ chronic stress.
Cold showers, workouts, studying, forcing yourself to do anything = acute stress
Malnutrition, sleep deprivation, prolonged exposure, trauma = chronic stress

3) Cortisol only becomes harmful in extreme conditions such as severe malnutrition, chronic sleep deprivation, spending hours and hours in extreme cold, long term physical labor with poor recovery

Spoiler: Benefits of Cold Shower

•Boosts alertness & focus: Increases norepinephrine (and some dopamine), making you feel more awake and mentally sharp.
•Enhances circulation: Vasoconstriction followed by vasodilation improves vascular responsiveness and blood flow control

Importance of Cortisol: it mobilizes glucose, supports alertness and focus, and allows the body to respond effectively to physical and mental stress. Without normal cortisol release, you wouldn’t be able to wake up properly, train, handle challenges, or recover from stress.

Spoiler: Reasearch

1)ColdShower/Exposure: https://www.atria.org/education/science-of-cold-water-therapy/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
2) Role of Cortisol in Waking up:

Human studies on hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis - PubMed

The daily rhythm of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is regulated by the central clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Cortisol, a glucocorticoid, acts as a secondary messenger between the central clock and the peripheral tissues. Changes in clock time, as seen in shift workers...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

3) Basics of Cortisol: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30855827/
4) Acute and Chronic Stress:

Le stress dans tous ses états | médecine/sciences

médecine/sciences (M/S), revue internationale dans le domaine de la recherche biologique, médicale et en santé

www.medecinesciences.org

Stop being a tiktok faggot. "Increased/ decreased my cortisol" has to be one of the most corny and cringe terms I have heard. Most of you faggots haven't even watched a single full goatis video. You are just a lazy fuck accept it.


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@abzz

yes most right
slightly more nuanced tho

generally, acute stress is completely fine, but it's effects are dependent on baseline stress and many other factors that im not educated enough to name, probably like sleep and recovery etc. the same stimulus(cold showers in this case) can be normal for some, and terrible for others.

 

[PSLbbc]

yes most right
slightly more nuanced tho

generally, acute stress is completely fine, but it's effects are dependent on baseline stress and many other factors that im not educated enough to name, probably like sleep and recovery etc. the same stimulus(cold showers in this case) can be normal for some, and terrible for others.

 

[Histy]

1) Cold showers do NOT raise cortisol to dangerous levels. Yes, cold exposure increases cortisol.
No, the increase is nowhere near enough to cause negative effects even if done regularly.

2) Acute stress ≠ chronic stress.
Cold showers, workouts, studying, forcing yourself to do anything = acute stress
Malnutrition, sleep deprivation, prolonged exposure, trauma = chronic stress

3) Cortisol only becomes harmful in extreme conditions such as severe malnutrition, chronic sleep deprivation, spending hours and hours in extreme cold, long term physical labor with poor recovery

Spoiler: Benefits of Cold Shower

•Boosts alertness & focus: Increases norepinephrine (and some dopamine), making you feel more awake and mentally sharp.
•Enhances circulation: Vasoconstriction followed by vasodilation improves vascular responsiveness and blood flow control

Importance of Cortisol: it mobilizes glucose, supports alertness and focus, and allows the body to respond effectively to physical and mental stress. Without normal cortisol release, you wouldn’t be able to wake up properly, train, handle challenges, or recover from stress.

Spoiler: Reasearch

1)ColdShower/Exposure: https://www.atria.org/education/science-of-cold-water-therapy/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
2) Role of Cortisol in Waking up:

Human studies on hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis - PubMed

The daily rhythm of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is regulated by the central clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Cortisol, a glucocorticoid, acts as a secondary messenger between the central clock and the peripheral tissues. Changes in clock time, as seen in shift workers...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

3) Basics of Cortisol: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30855827/
4) Acute and Chronic Stress:

Le stress dans tous ses états | médecine/sciences

médecine/sciences (M/S), revue internationale dans le domaine de la recherche biologique, médicale et en santé

www.medecinesciences.org

Stop being a tiktok faggot. "Increased/ decreased my cortisol" has to be one of the most corny and cringe terms I have heard. Most of you faggots haven't even watched a single full goatis video. You are just a lazy fuck accept it.


--------------THANK YOU FOR READING--------------​

Good thread
Mirin

 

[PSLbbc]

Good thread
Mirin

 

[BR32]

High IQ thread

Had a normie friend talking about how one of his pimples was from “cortisol spikes from foids”

And I wanted to strangle him.

We good tho

 

[PSLbbc]

High IQ thread

Had a normie friend talking about how one of his pimples was from “cortisol spikes from foids”

And I wanted to strangle him.

We good tho

Cage

 

[Former Shortcel]

Good thread OP

 

[gordomaxxing]

1) Cold showers do NOT raise cortisol to dangerous levels. Yes, cold exposure increases cortisol.
No, the increase is nowhere near enough to cause negative effects even if done regularly.

2) Acute stress ≠ chronic stress.
Cold showers, workouts, studying, forcing yourself to do anything = acute stress
Malnutrition, sleep deprivation, prolonged exposure, trauma = chronic stress

3) Cortisol only becomes harmful in extreme conditions such as severe malnutrition, chronic sleep deprivation, spending hours and hours in extreme cold, long term physical labor with poor recovery

Spoiler: Benefits of Cold Shower

•Boosts alertness & focus: Increases norepinephrine (and some dopamine), making you feel more awake and mentally sharp.
•Enhances circulation: Vasoconstriction followed by vasodilation improves vascular responsiveness and blood flow control

Importance of Cortisol: it mobilizes glucose, supports alertness and focus, and allows the body to respond effectively to physical and mental stress. Without normal cortisol release, you wouldn’t be able to wake up properly, train, handle challenges, or recover from stress.

Spoiler: Reasearch

1)ColdShower/Exposure: https://www.atria.org/education/science-of-cold-water-therapy/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
2) Role of Cortisol in Waking up:

Human studies on hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis - PubMed

The daily rhythm of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is regulated by the central clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Cortisol, a glucocorticoid, acts as a secondary messenger between the central clock and the peripheral tissues. Changes in clock time, as seen in shift workers...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

3) Basics of Cortisol: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30855827/
4) Acute and Chronic Stress:

Le stress dans tous ses états | médecine/sciences

médecine/sciences (M/S), revue internationale dans le domaine de la recherche biologique, médicale et en santé

www.medecinesciences.org

Stop being a tiktok faggot. "Increased/ decreased my cortisol" has to be one of the most corny and cringe terms I have heard. Most of you faggots haven't even watched a single full goatis video. You are just a lazy fuck accept it.


--------------THANK YOU FOR READING--------------​

awesome thread, +follower

 

[PharmaPhaggot]

3) Cortisol only becomes harmful in extreme conditions such as severe malnutrition, chronic sleep deprivation, spending hours and hours in extreme cold, long term physical labor with poor recovery

Bad info on a looksmaxxing forum, cortisol will rape your looks overtime even at normal levels, called the ugly hormone for a reason, metyrapone/relacorilant or ldar

Boosts alertness & focus: Increases norepinephrine (and some dopamine), making you feel more awake and mentally sharp.
•Enhances circulation: Vasoconstriction followed by vasodilation improves vascular responsiveness and blood flow control

Also missleading, you can find this with fucking anything, also an unreliable and not a clean way to do it, horrible advise, its 2026 we have pharma