Host Lucien Graves examines how chronic stress destroys the parasympathetic nervous system—the body's "off switch." When this recovery mechanism fails, the heart can't slow and muscles stay tense. We explore vagal tone degradation, heart rate variability loss, and the cascading collapse of systems designed to restore calm.

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