Stress causes cortisol to increase, but long-term chronic stress can result in low cortisol, and this happens in PTSD, burnout, CFS and other conditions. Factor

Stress causes cortisol to increase, but long-term chronic stress can result in low cortisol, and this happens in PTSD, burnout, CFS and other conditions. Factors include time since onset, nature of the threat, emotions elicted by the stressor, controllability of the stressor, and the psychiatric characteristics of the person. https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.northwestern.edu/dist/0/63/files/2013/03/07-Psych-Bull-If-it-goes-up-must-it-come-down.pdf https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/sites.northwestern.edu/dist/0/...