At which stage of stress does your body get exhausted, do you become "burned out?"

1 Answer
Apr 18, 2018

Exhaustion stage

Explanation:

  • Canadian scientist Hans Selye discovered that the body's adaptive response to stress was very general, which he called general adaptation syndrome (GAS).
  • General adaptation syndrome (GAS) is Selye's concept of the body's adaptive response to stress in three phases: alarm, resistance, exhaustion. (Will only mention the third phase for the purpose of this answer).
  • If persistent, stress may eventually deplete the body's reserves during Phase 3, exhaustion. The person may give up or feel the situation is hopeless.
  • Symptoms of exhaustion include: anxiety, depression, fatigue, and burnout. You are more vulnerable to illness at this stage or even, in extreme cases, collapse, and death.
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    https://www.healthline.com/health/general-adaptation-syndrome#model