The random sadness felt around 3-4 p.m. is caused by cortisol, the body's stress hormone, which naturally crashes in the late afternoon as part of a fixed daily cycle that peaks in the morning and bottoms out in the afternoon, regardless of external circumstances like work or relationships.
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Did You Know? When You Feel A Sudden, Unprovoked Wave Of Sadness In The Late Afternoon — Usua #ShortAdded:
Did you know that the random sadness you feel around 3 or 4 p.m. isn't actually about your life?
Your cortisol, basically your body's built-in [music] stress fuel, naturally crashes in the late afternoon every single day.
It follows a fixed daily schedule, [music] peaks in the morning, then quietly bottoms out right in that window.
So that heavy vague feeling you've been blaming on your job or your relationship or >> [music] >> just yourself, your body was always going to feel that way at that exact time regardless.
>> [music]
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