Pause Point

Falling sick right after a high-stress period feels like an unfair joke. Why does your body choose the exact moment you finally stop to completely fall apart? It isn’t a coincidence, nor is it just "bad timing." It is a documented neurobiological phenomenon known as parasympathetic backlash (or the "let-down effect"). Understanding how your nervous system functions during high-pressure periods—and why it crashes immediately after—is the key to preventing the post-deadline co