You probably know how everyone talks about stress, trauma, and its effects on the body, especially the high levels of cortisol? Well, what most people don’t realize is that chronic stress, especially if you’ve experienced trauma in childhood, can actually impact your body’s stress response system and cause a high OR low cortisol production in the long term. It’s determined by the HPA axis, and it’s like your body’s built-in stress manager. But when you’ve been through a lot of stress or trauma,