This Is Your Brain On Birth Control

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Your brain on birth control can have some pretty horrific side effects on your body. That’s why, when you’re considering going on the birth control pill, you need to research the current evidence out there, weigh up the pros and cons, and make an educated decision.</span> <a href= "https://www.sarahehill.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah E. Hill</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, author of This is Your Brain on Birth Control, joins me to talk about what actually happens to our bodies when we’re on the pill.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah is a psychologist who specialized in studying women’s health and the birth control pill, in particular, after she noticed some changes to her body when she came off it. The biggest thing she discovered was that being on the pill actually damped her personality traits - coming off it allowed her actual likes, loves, quirks, and dislikes to shine through again.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah explains what role cortisol has in our bodies. We’re often scared into thinking cortisol is such a negative hormone, but actually, it has a lot of positive actions. When we’re taking the birth control pill, however, it’s almost like our body doesn’t respond to the cortisol triggers and forgets to have normal, positive responses to situations.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The birth control pill can be linked to a lot of the health problems and issues our society is currently experiencing, such as post-partum depression, autism, teenage anxiety, and autoimmune diseases. Though Sarah warns against a blanket statement that all birth control pills impact all women in these areas; how our bodies react is really down to our individual brains and physiology.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sarah also talks about how being on the birth control pill can actually impact what type of partner we choose. Research has shown that if you choose a partner