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human
How low cortisol affects on your mood?

I'm currently on the process of investigating on why I have trouble producing cortisol, but due to me getting infeccted by covid-19, this had been postponed, so I wanted to know why even though I have trouble producing the stress hormone I am so stressed. I have generalized anxiety and recently I have been really angry about some stuff, not like angry enough to break material items but a standing anger, since last Friday, and before that I already was experiencing an easyness to be bothered by silly things like specific noises. Is this normal? Wasn't I supposed to be more chill due to my lack of cortisol?
gpt
It would be more accurate to consider cortisol *associated* with stress rather *causing* it. In fact, it would be more accurate to say cortisol level is raised *in response to* stress. The hormone does a lot of things, but on the whole, it helps your body to deal with stress better. This include raising blood sugar level, pumping more energy to your body, and regulating the immune system and inflammation, among other things.

That’d why, either too low or too high levels can lead to worse stress, because it means your body is handling stress inappropriately.