The real problem I see, and experience myself, is a form of addiction to stress whereby one's cortisol levels eventually raise one's baseline. This translates i

The real problem I see, and experience myself, is a form of addiction to stress whereby one's cortisol levels eventually raise one's baseline. This translates into a need for more stress to reach the baseline, which is perceived as the resting-point. This is achieved easily with quick acting hormones boost such as adrenaline (base jumping...) but just perpetuates the problem as it does nothing to lower the baseline... Similarly, one can also counter cortisol with other hormones, such as oxytocin (love, music), serotonin (empathy, pride) or endorphins (exercise) or trick the system with mimicking substances, but that won't solve the problem either. There are also available options to lower the cortisol baseline (e.g. phosphorylated serine) but I am afraid that the only way to achieve a permanent normalization is a change in lifestyle. Even if a profession is stressful in itself (e.g. restaurant/bakery) it might not be as stress-inducing to me as it is to you. Reasons for these individual differences are complex and not easily solvable. No silver bullet. Cortisol can be measured easily with saliva tests. If these levels are high, including at night, you're stressed out, that you feel so or not.