Kim Kardashian has revealed the surprising and honestly pretty alarming results of a new brain scan.
In the latest episode of The Kardashians, the 45-year-old reality star met again with celebrity doctor Dr. Daniel Amen to review her brain imaging results.
What she heard left her stunned.
Amen told Kim she has “low brain activity,” which she immediately rejected.
“That just can’t be. It just can’t. [I’m] not accepting,” she told him.
Amen blamed the activity levels on chronic stress, which Kim said likely came from two sources: studying for the bar exam and her messy divorce from Kanye West.
Kim then joked that she has “a beautiful brain,” referencing Amen’s long-running use of brain scans on celebrities, including Khloé and Kendall back in 2022.
Amen reassured Kim that she does not have a high Alzheimer’s risk based on the scan, calling her “not terribly stressed, not anxious and not depressed.”
“You are extraordinary in being positive,” he told her.
But the positivity didn’t soften his next point.
Amen said he saw “holes” on the scan, which he described as areas of “low activity.”
“The front part of your brain is less active than it should be,” he explained.
“With your frontal lobes, as they work now, it would be harder to manage stress and that’s not good for you, especially as you’re studying and you’re getting ready to take the boards.”
Kim pushed back again, insisting that “just can’t be,” especially while preparing for the California Bar Exam.
Two weeks ago, she revealed she failed the July 2025 exam.
She blamed her performance on “chronic stress,” adding: “I got to get on a plan to really figure this out because I have some s*** to do this summer.”
Kim Also Reveals She Has an Aneurysm That Doctors Say Has Been There for Years
The stress didn’t stop with the new test.
In last week’s episode, Kim told her sister Kourtney about an even more shocking discovery.
She explained that a full-body Prenuvo scan revealed an aneurysm in her brain.
“I did a Prenuvo scan, and they called me today,” Kim said. “And they’re like, ‘Everything looks great, but you have an aneurysm in your brain.’”
“They’re like, ‘It’s been there for years. It was here a few years ago.’”
Kim immediately called world-renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Keith Black for advice.
She said he warned her that “just stress” could cause the aneurysm to “rupture,” which understandably terrified her.
The All’s Fair star said the stress comes from both bar exam prep and the ongoing fallout from her 2022 divorce from Kanye.
Kim didn’t reveal the size or severity of the aneurysm, but she hinted it requires monitoring and lifestyle adjustments.
Given everything on her plate—including studying, raising four kids, multiple businesses, and filming a global TV show—it’s not surprising she’s pushing herself to the limit.
But the scans suggest her brain may be reaching its own limit too.
Watch the moment here:
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