How stress affects your brain | Madhumita Murgia | TED-Ed Animation

Educator Madhumita Murgia’s TED-Ed animation ‚ÄúHow stress affects your brain” shows how chronic stress can affect your brain’s size, structure and functions. A great video for companies looking to encourage corporate wellness, it explains why stress management is so important for long-term mental health and your overall well-being. It outlines the effects of hormones that are released when we become stressed and how stress may even have effects that go all the way down to your genes. The video also touches briefly on what can be done to help counter stress, including methods such as mindfulness and meditation.