Ever wonder why you’re so drained that even the idea of a candlelit night or a quiet meditation feels like a lot? Turns out, your body’s energy has priorities, and the fun stuff like sex and spirituality are last on the list. Let’s dive into how energy allocation works—and how you can start living for more than just survival.
Fear: The Original Energy Thief
Imagine your energy budget as a pie. Fear doesn’t just take a slice—it devours the whole thing and asks for dessert. Why? Because your body is wired for survival. When your nervous system senses danger, it shifts into overdrive, courtesy of your fight-or-flight response. Your heart pounds, blood rushes to your muscles, and digestion and reproduction get sidelined. Chronic stress can keep this fear loop running, draining energy from every other system. One study found that chronic stress can actually rewire your brain to stay in survival mode, affecting memory, emotions, and decision-making.¹
Food: The Forgotten Priority
Once the “tiger” in your life (a.k.a. stress) backs off, your body tries to relax and refuel. Enter the rest-and-digest mode, where energy gets redirected to breaking down food and absorbing nutrients. But here’s the problem: if fear is still in the driver’s seat, digestion gets disrupted. Research shows that chronic stress suppresses digestive enzyme production, leading to reduced nutrient absorption and lower energy availability.² Without proper nutrition, there’s no fuel left for the more exciting aspects of life, like intimacy and creativity.
Fertility: The Deferred Dream
When survival and digestion are sorted, your body finally moves on to reproduction. Hormones like testosterone and estrogen step up to the plate, supporting everything from ovulation to libido. But when stress or poor nutrition dominate, reproduction takes a backseat. This is why stress is linked to lower fertility rates and libido.³ If you’ve been feeling disconnected or less interested in intimacy, it could be your body signaling it’s still stuck in survival mode.
What Comes After Survival?
If you manage to climb out of the stress spiral, your energy might finally go toward maintenance and repair, like immune function and tissue regeneration. Next, cognitive growth kicks in, giving your brain the clarity to think creatively and problem-solve. At the highest level of energy allocation, you’ll find connection and spirituality—the realm of purpose, meaning, and intimacy. The problem? Most people never make it there.
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The Bottom Line
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References
- McEwen, B. S., & Sapolsky, R. M. (1995). Stress and cognitive function. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 5(2), 205–216. Link
- Chrousos, G. P. (2000). The role of stress and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome: Neuro-endocrine and target tissue-related causes. International Journal of Obesity, 24(2), S50–S55. Link
- Guttmacher Institute. (2007). Stress, fertility, and reproductive health: A review of the evidence. Fertility and Sterility, 88(4), 712–719. Link
