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Stress second part

Second part

 

In turn, another message that travels through nerves from the hypothalamus to the adrenal medulla created an active secretion of adrenaline. These hormones are responsible for the organic reaction throughout the body.

 

2. State resistance:

when an indivual is subjected to prolonged factors such as the threat of damaging physical, chemical, biological or social agents, while continuing its adaptation to such claims in a progressive manner, it may happen that diminish their ability to respond, because of the fatigue that occurs in the glands of stress. During this phase usually a dynamic equilibrium or homeostasis happens between the internal and external environment of the individual.

 

Thus, if the body has the ability to withstand this stress a long time, there is no problem; if not, the stress will undoubtedly advance to the next stage.

 

3. Phase of exhaustion:

 

The progressive decline of the body facing a situation of prolonged stress leads to a high state of  deterioration, with the loss of important physiological capacities and thereby activates the phase of exhaustion, in which the subject succumbs to the demands and bodily reactions are minimized because their capacity to adapt and interact with the environment diminish. 

Comments

 

mike said:

It's amazing how our bodies can adapt to our surroundings. We get used to things after a long enough time of dealing with them. Some things, like stress overloads, just shouldn't be something we get used to. By the time we become dull to it, we're already in pretty bad shape. Some of us probably operate on extreme stress levels but don't even realize it anymore.

I heard about a guy whose pastor told him to just sit still for a minute and just listen to his body. He realized that he had excruciating pain in his back, but he had been running on so much adrenaline and wasn't sitting still long enough to notice. He found out he had a herniated disk in his spine, but his stress and adrenaline levels were so high, he was completely oblivious to it. Sometimes our natural ability to adapt can really be to our detriment. We just have to make sure it doesn't get to that point.

July 15, 2008 10:32 AM

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