Dr. Krystal Lewis, a licensed clinical psychologist and researcher in the NIMH Intramural Research Program, explains what stress is and describes the parts of the brain that handle the “flight-fight- freeze” response. Dr. Lewis also leads a guided visualization activity, which may help you relax when you feel stressed out. For more about Dr. Lewis’s research, visit the NIMH Division of Intramural Research Program Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience page at https://www.nimh.nih.gov/research/res....

Learn more about stress in the NIMH I’m So Stressed Out fact sheet at https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publi....