From the NSI Lexicon
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Allostatic Load
“The cumulative wear on the body from repeated or chronic stress responses. As allostatic load increases, the body’s capacity for recovery decreases.”
- Definition
Invisible Exertion
“The biological cost of emotional effort, cognitive load, hypervigilance, and sustained stress — the work the nervous system performs that leaves no visible evidence but creates real metabolic cost and recovery demand.”
- ArticleFoundational11 min
Endocannabinoids and Stress Recovery
The endocannabinoid system is a lipid-based signaling network distributed throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems, responsible for modulating
- Evidence-InformedFoundational8 min
Cortisol and the Body’s Emergency Economy
How the body redirects energy, attention, digestion, immunity, and recovery during prolonged stress.