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30 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this short educational clip, Nyree Penn explains that hyperarousal is a sustained physiological state distinct from the acute stress response. While stress is a reaction to a stressor, hyperarousal represents a lingering activation of the central nervous system, characterized by continuous fight‑mode signaling even when no immediate stressor is present. The speaker outlines the key neurobiological features of hyperarousal: elevated cortisol levels, heightened sympathetic (fight) tone, reduced inhibitory signaling, and an imbalance among neurotransmitter systems that prevents the transition to a calming "flight" or relaxation response. The explanation emphasizes that chronic hyperarousal keeps the body in a perpetual fight stance, making it difficult to achieve calmness.

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Hyperarousal is more of a state. It's the consequence of stress. So hyperarousal is different from stress. Stress is the response. Hyperarousal is the state. So when we're in a hyperarousal state, it's when our nervous system, our central nervous system, it becomes persistently activated. We're constantly in fight, fight, fight, fight, fight, even in the absence of stress that's causing it. So it involves heightened cortisol activity, like I had mentioned, the sympathetic tone, the fight, And reduced inhibitory signaling. So if we're in fight, we're definitely not in flight. So all the neurotransmitters, there's 5 and 5, they all counter each other. If you're constantly in this, these aren't triggered, your flight aren't triggered, you can't calm down. 3, 2, 1.