Kim Kardashian’s Scan Shows ‘Low Brain Activity’ from Stress Over Kanye West

Kim Kardashian opened up about the surprising results of a new brain scan after revealing an aneurysm she has had ‘for years.’

On The Kardashians, the reality TV personality, 45, revealed she met up with celebrity doctor Dr. Daniel Amen again and learned that she has ‘low brain activity.’ 

When he told her the results, she said: ‘That just can’t be. It just can’t. [I’m] not accepting.’ 

Amen attributed the brain activity to chronic stress, which Kardashian suggested was due to her studying for the bar exam and her divorce from Kanye West. 

In the recent episode of the Kardashian-Jenner reality show, the SKIMS founder talked about the celebrity doctor’s use of brain imaging technology. 

‘I have a beautiful brain. I’ve heard that before,’ she said about the doctor, who previously scanned her sisters Khloe Kardashian and Kendall Jenner’s brains in 2022. 

Amen claimed Kardashian does not have a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and said she is ‘not terribly stressed, not anxious and not depressed’ based on the imaging. 

‘You are extraordinary in being positive,’ Dr. Amen told her in the episode. 

However, he said he noticed ‘holes’ in her brain scan, which he said indicated ‘low activity.’ 

‘The front part of your brain is less active than it should be,’ the doctor also told the media personality.

‘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.’

Kardashian then replied that ‘just can’t be’ as she was, at the time preparing to take the bar exam. 

Just two weeks ago, she revealed she failed the California Bar Exam she took in July 2025. 

After attributing her results to the ‘chronic stress’ she goes through while studying, she said: ‘I got to get on a plan to really figure this out because I have some s*** to do this summer.’ 

In last week’s episode, she told her older sister Kourtney Kardashian about her earlier brain scan results. 

She said her doctors discovered an aneurysm in her brain that has ‘been there for years.’ 

‘I did a Prenuvo scan, and they called me today,’ she told her sister. ‘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.”‘ 

She said she called brain surgeon Keith Black about the aneurysm, which he reportedly said that ‘just stress’ could cause it to ‘rupture.’

The All’s Fair star then attributed the stress to studying for the bar exam and the ongoing fallout from her 2022 divorce from her ex-husband.