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Here are some interesting notes below about how our bodies can adapt to pressure and stress (even good stress). Im learning a lot this week. Take heed, if you can relate to the Exhaustion Phase then I highly suggest you go to a naturopath or trusted doctor. :) General Adaptation Syndrome How the body adapts to prolonged stress is described by Dr Hans Selye in terms of General Adaptation Syndrome, Selye divides the stress response into three phases: The Alarm Response, Adaptation and Exhaustion. The Alarm Response is the flight or fight response that prepares the body for immediate action. If the stress persists, then the body prepares for long-term protection through the secretion of further hormones that increase blood-sugar levels to sustain energy and raise blood pressure. This Adaptation phase, resulting from exposure to prolonged periods of stress, is common, and not necessarily harmful, but without periods of relaxation and rest to counterbalance the stress response, sufferers become prone to fatigue, concentration lapses, irritability and lethargy as the effort to sustain arousal slides into negative stress. Under persistent chronic stress, sufferers enter the Exhaustion phase: mental, physical, emotional resources suffer heavily, and the body experiences “adrenal exhaustion”, where the blood-sugar levels decrease as the adrenals become depleted, leading to decreased stress tolerance, progressive mental and physical exhaustion, illness and collapse.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 05:02:30 +0000

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