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My example of a long-term stressor is working my waitressing job 6 days a week to live and survive paycheck to paycheck.

1. Alarm Reaction: After I begin working, I start to feel a lack of energy due to the long hours and constant worries of bills.
2. Stage of Resistance: At this stage, my resistance to stress would be higher. Because of this, I will feel and look less drained. Everything will seem normal outwardly as the alarm reactions start to disappear. I will be working at my job as normal.
3. Stage of Exhaustion: This last stage allows the resistance of stress to plummet back down. The sudden decrease in ability to cope can cause exhaustion. While I continue to work, I will start to neglect my mental and physical health, be irritable, and experience frequent illness. My blood pressure will also go up as a result.

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Coon, D., Mitterer, J. O., & Martini, T. S. (2019). Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior (15th ed.). Cengage Learning.

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During this second stage, bodily adjustments to stress become stable and the symptoms of the alarm reaction disappear. The body is able to cope with the stressor in this stage, but other stressors are less resistible. The first signs of psychosomatic disorders such as hypertension can be shown in this stage.

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If the stress continues, the body enters the stage of exhaustion. All of the bodily resources and stress hormones have been used at this point. Three signs of exhaustion are emotional signs, such as anxiety, behavioral signs, such as self-neglect, and physical signs like frequent illness.

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In this first stage, the body uses its resources to cope with any added stress. Adrenaline, noradrenaline, and cortisol are all produced through the adrenal glands which allows these resources to be applied wherever they're needed in the body. Symptoms that come from this stage can be headache, fever, shortness of breath, and upset stomach.

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General adaptation syndrome is a pattern of the body's defenses against stress. There are three stages of this coping mechanism.

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"To be totally without stress is to be dead," because stress is the pressure placed on an organism to adjust or adapt. This means stress can be good and not only bad.