Emotional Flooding: The Neuroscience of Brain Shutdown | Dr. Sydney Ceruto — MindLAB Neuroscience
Emotional Flooding: The Neuroscience of Why Your Brain Shuts Down Under Emotional Overload 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. ...
