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Your Brain Isn’t Anxious, Your Body is Overstimulated: The Science of Sensory Overload
Traditional anxiety consists of spinning, worrying thoughts and future-oriented fears, but when you are physically overstimulated, the root cause is a relentless tidal wave of environmental data overloading your sensory processing pathways. This sudden crash into sensory overload triggers your primitive survival brain—the amygdala—which immediately floods your system with cortisol and adrenaline, forcing your heart rate to spike and your chest to tighten as if a predator is i
Samantha Green
Jul 73 min read


Redefining Stress Relief: How an Apple Watch Uses Touch to Intercept the Invisible Spike
We live in a world where our busy days force us to push past our body's natural limits. Think about the last time you felt completely overwhelmed; you likely didn't notice your racing heart or shallow breathing until tension had already taken over your afternoon. This hidden, compounding biological strain is exactly why immediate stress relief feels so elusive in modern life. To break this loop, we built Pause Point. A new Apple watch App to aid in Stress Relief.
Samantha Green
Jul 13 min read


Stress Relief in the Moments You Need It: Finding Your Pause Point
Think about the last time you felt completely overwhelmed or locked in a "rut" for the rest of the day. It rarely starts with a massive crisis. More often, it’s a series of invisible micro-stressors—an email notification, a tight deadline, or a racing thought. Our nervous systems are incredibly fast, and finding immediate stress relief before tension builds up is incredibly difficult. We founded Pause Point to solve this exact modern dilemma.
Samantha Green
Jun 302 min read
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