You’re More Stressed Than Ever – Let’s Change That

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   @kurzgesagt

   January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

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   @Wh0vian_12

   January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

   I feel stressed about school… I can’t really get rid of that 😭😭

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   @yuran-u2t

   January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

   My Duolingo streak hunting me…
   4:00

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   @NiravSoni-ij4tx

   January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

   man where was this video 5y ago when I was doing all the things you said we should NOT do

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   @OccamsChainsaw87

   January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

   So how do I "remove the stressor" when my stress is about how my life was utterly destroyed because a drunk driver killed my wife? I had a great life before that…

   I was a successful entrepreneur, I had a beautiful wife who loved me and was my everything, we were planning to start trying when she got back from a trip, she was pondering whether she wanted to do a "dirty thirty," whatever that is…But then she was killed. 2000 miles from home. The driver was let off with barely a slap on the hand, and justice was denied me. The grief overcame me and broke my brain, so of course my business partner decided he should force me out of our company. He was eventually successful, and I was pushed out. I thought the guy was like a brother to me… guess I was wrong. Everything fell apart.

   I've never had a lot of friends, and after my wife (who was my best friend) was killed, I was down to three friends. Then my "brother" betrayed me. Then it was two. Then another close friend ghosted me, as for what reason, I have literally no idea. That made it one friend. I was having some issues with alcohol consumption, but I got help, went to rehab, got out, and was immediately attacked by my last friend (who was my housemate) who then shunned me and asked me to move out. It was MY house. He was renting a room in MY house, and he asked me to leave. The truth is that he found that I had a (nearly full) bottle of vodka (after returning from rehab). For some reason, he thought I was going for total sobriety. That was never the plan; I wanted to control my drinking, and I accomplished that. He found that, attacked me for it (verbally) despite my point that I'd hardly drank any. He started shunning me at a time where I needed support more than ever. At this point, I don't drink often, and when I do, it's only a single drink.

   Severe depression and anxiety. No friends. Dead wife. No justice. No career. No prospects.

   How do I remove those stressors?

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   @thanksalot2996

   January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

   5:53 funniest part of the video! 😅

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   @emmaloo2425

   January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

   Nice when doctors ignore you adding to your stress

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   @gabrielkind2970

   January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

   I believe cortisol's time horizon is a bit misrepresented in the story (but the second graph is spot on). My understanding is that while cortisol BEGINS its release during acute stress, it has a slower feedback loop, and only builds over adrenaline for chronic stress e.g. The initial spike in stress causes Urr's body to keep him awake through the night planning, sharpening weapons, and maintaining guard out of vigilance against further tiger attacks. i.e. it's not a 5 minute battle vs a 10 minute battle, it's 5 minutes acute stress vs hours/days of chronic stress.

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   @gabrielkind2970

   January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

   The animations just keep getting more beautiful

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    @allezvenga7617

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    Thanks for your sharing

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    @mst.tarzan

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    Hi!
    We suffer from chronic stress as a family,so I went and did a MSc on it,to equip and help us and others.

    Stress has become numbers,seek help and sort them out .
    Never forget, when you survive stress,you become stronger ❤🌳🙏

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    @tashamille

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    Ukraine under war since 2014 and Russia actually actively killing us from 2022. Chronic stress is my coworker 😭

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    @mksap144

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    Thank you!

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    @jessesommeling9842

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    I kind of got stressed at the moment when the unread email count was going up 😂 Thanks Kurzgesagt!

    (Seeing and treating stress as superpower is a great point of view btw!)

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    @CSMXMotivation

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    14/20 by learning for 2hrs for a unit term exam 😮‍💨

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    @Felix-Lord-of-Vespator

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    10:00 eliminate the stressor 😈

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    @retrisspace5851

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    Beautiful.

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    @Lobsterkisses

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    "If you're poor, stop being poor" – Kurzgesagt

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    @NikitaDiament

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    If you’re homeless, just buy a house duh

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    @oohca

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    low cortisol maxxing

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    @NO_EPIX

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    That's the problem kurz, can you imagine someone with nothing and have to do these things like helplessly. That's what we can do nothing.

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    @점-q4p

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    Stress is really scary. We have to make various efforts to get rid of stress. We have to find a way to relax and overcome stress by listening to music and playing with friends

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    @Nafets___

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    So nowday stres is "somewhat" , "in big" the root of many problem [addiction, illneses, will etc].
    Well i didnt think of it this way but its logic in a manner, so thank you for opening my percetion… really thank you =)

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    @Kpeters

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    This video stressed me out! Now I’m more stressed about my stress 😅

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    @BlueSuraj

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    thanks

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    @mortumenko8820

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    Kurzgesagt, you are amazing! This video is not only interesting, but also useful, as are many of your videos. Thank you!

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    @pandukabandara28

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    Ur, the bear smasher! Good name

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    @besaforreal

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    No way, stress is killing me? That's stressing me out

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    @SuccessMindset2180

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    The problem with modern day stress is that it doesn’t make sense in current level of humanity development

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    @Yawn-p9h

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    If only we could lock in every time we're stressed.

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    @markkovachev

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    I think that at 6:06 there is a mistake in the animation as insulin doesn't restrict glucose consumption in the cells but instead it increases it.

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    @anshsinghal4983

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    Hello to the editor of vedio, i have a simple request: please keep the background music a little slow, ut feels so rusged that vedio itself looks very hectic and stressful.

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    @xmaster6576

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    Yea what if I rely on some of my stressors and am in love with the other one, I'm trying to handle them but it's really really hard and my mental health suffers :((

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    @jeffwei

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    10:13 thought this was about to be a transition to a Better Help ad

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    @justpigeon4436

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    Wow, this really calmed me down, just so everybody knows, no matter how grimm the future seems, God has a way of sorting things out, no storm lasts forever, the sun will rise again!

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    @suratany

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    For anyone fighting this battle : Valerian Root and L-Theanine, thank me later.

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    @Void-678

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    9:13 time to not study.

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    @dayque6414

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    9:45 "el pobre es pobre porque quiere" pero en ingles jajaja

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    @Quirkyhndl

    January 3, 2026 at 1:31 am

    “Quit doomscrolling and touch grass.”

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