The primary trigger for your adrenal glands is stress, which causes them to produce extra amounts of hormones such as adrenaline. This is an excellent survival mechanism built into your body for short-term emergencies, as the additional hormones are likely to help you get through whatever crisis is occurring. If the stress continues over a long period, however—for example, if you’re going through a bankruptcy, a divorce, the death of a loved one, or some other cause of severe emotional turmoil—your adrenal glands will eventually become damaged from being on continual “hyperdrive.”
