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However, the problem arises when there is a persistent threat. First-time exposure to a stressor will trigger an acute stress response in the body; however, repeated and continuous exposure causes the stressor to become chronic. [4] McEwen and Stellar (1993) argued there is a "hidden cost of chronic stress to the body over long time periods". [8]
The difference between tolerable and pathological stress seems to depend on a complex interaction between stress factors, and the affected persons mental resources and protective factors. [8] A prolonged period of elevated stress can lead to exhaustion, sleep disorders and a decline in cognitive abilities. [9]
Fatigue is a state of tiredness (which is not sleepiness), exhaustion [1] or loss of energy. [2] [3]Fatigue (in the medical sense) is sometimes associated with medical conditions including autoimmune disease, organ failure, chronic pain conditions, mood disorders, heart disease, infectious diseases, and post-infectious-disease states. [4]
Personal resources, such as status, social support, money, or shelter, may reduce or prevent an employee's emotional exhaustion. According to the Conservation of Resources theory (COR), people strive to obtain, retain and protect their personal resources, either instrumental (for example, money or shelter), social (such as social support or status), or psychological (for example, self-esteem ...
The length of time since occurrence and whether or not it is a positive or negative event are factors in whether or not it causes stress and how much stress it causes. Researchers have found that events that have occurred within the past month generally are not linked to stress or illness, while chronic events that occurred more than several ...
As Christmas looms closer, Americans are feeling the crunch. A consumer survey from health marketplace Sesame revealed that 70% of Americans are feeling more financial stress this holiday season...
This means that the fatigue and sleep one lost as a result of, for example, staying awake all night, would be carried over to the following day. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Not getting enough sleep for a couple of days cumulatively builds up a deficiency and causes symptoms of sleep deprivation to appear.
Adverse experiences during development (e.g. prenatal exposure to maternal stress, [69] [70] poor attachment histories, [71] sexual abuse) [72] are thought to contribute to deficits in the maturity of an individual's stress response systems. One evaluation of the different stresses in people's lives is the Holmes and Rahe stress scale.