#254 Stress Changed Your Personality (Here’s How to Reverse It)
About this episode
This episode explores how chronic stress can alter personality and offers insights on reversing these changes.
Have you started feeling less like yourself lately?Maybe you're still achieving, still showing up for everyone around you, but you feel more withdrawn, more irritable, less joyful, or strangely disconnected from the person you used to be.This isn't just burnout—and it doesn't mean your personality has changed forever.In this video, I explain how chronic stress quietly reshapes your behaviour, emotions, and identity through your nervous system. You'll discover why so many high performers and purpose-driven leaders mistake stress adaptations for personality traits, why this often creates an identity crisis, and most importantly, how to reverse it.If you've ever wondered why you don't recognise yourself anymore, this conversation will help you understand what's really happening beneath the surface—and why the real you is still there.Questions answered:• Why do I feel like I've lost my personality?• Can chronic stress change who you are?• Why do successful people stop feeling like themselves?• How does the nervous system affect personality?• What is identity grief?• Why do high performers become emotionally disconnected?• How do I recover from long-term stress and burnout?• Can you…
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