Why does stress feel different for everyone? In this episode of The Goode Health Podcast, we explain why stress isn’t a single experience, and why treating it like one is often the reason stress advice doesn’t work. Instead of labels or diagnoses, this episode focuses on how and why the body adapts under prolonged stress, and why these responses are protective, not personal failures.

00:45 – Why Stress Feels Different for Everyone

04:05 – Stress Pattern 1: Wired Stress (High-Alert Nervous System)

10:30 – Stress Pattern 2: Flat Stress (Shutdown / Conservation Mode)

15:30 – Stress Pattern 3: Immune-Driven Stress

19:45 – Stress Pattern 4: Burnout-Style Stress (Loss of Adaptive Capacity)

23:45 – Why Stress Patterns Are Not Diagnoses

26:45 – Why Understanding Your Stress Pattern Changes Recovery

If you’ve ever felt frustrated that stress advice helps others but not you, or wondered why rest doesn’t feel restorative anymore, this episode offers clarity and reassurance. Understanding your stress pattern is often the missing piece to supporting your nervous system in a way that actually works.

RESOURCES: Grab all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at https://www.nicolegoodehealth.com/the-goode-health-podcast/episode-112

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