https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/tags/autonomic-nervous-system/Recent content in Autonomic-Nervous-System on MindLAB Neuroscience — Draft ReviewHugo -- 0.156.0en-us2026 Dr. Sydney Ceruto — MindLAB NeuroscienceMon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/posts/emotional-flooding/Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/posts/emotional-flooding/<h1 id="emotional-flooding-the-neuroscience-of-why-your-brain-shuts-down-under-emotional-overload">Emotional Flooding: The Neuroscience of Why Your Brain Shuts Down Under Emotional Overload</h1> <p><img alt="Atmospheric neural visualization of the central autonomic network — emotional flooding neuroscience, Dr. Sydney Ceruto, MindLAB Neuroscience." loading="lazy" src="https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/images/posts/emotional-flooding-hero.webp"></p> <p>Emotional flooding is a quantifiable autonomic state — not an intense emotion. When heart rate climbs roughly 10 BPM above baseline, stress hormones flood the prefrontal cortex and disable executive function, the vagal brake disengages, and the regulatory system that would normally interrupt the spiral has gone offline.</p>