The neuroscience of chronic stress and what it actually takes to reset We have made stress into a personality trait. Busy has become a badge. Overwhelmed has become a baseline. And the ability to push through to keep going regardless of what the body is signalling has somehow become a marker of strength. It is not strength. It is adaptation. And like all adaptations held too long, it comes at a cost. The cost is not always visible immediately. Sometimes it takes years. But th