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Exhaustion
and Adaptation - One Causal Theory
Researcher Hans Selye, in a 1946 medical journal article entitled:
The General Adaptation Syndrome and the Diseases of Adaptation,
introduced the concept of humans and animals having internal
mechanisms that enabled them to generally adapt to stress -
no matter what type of stressor (whether it be physical, chemical,
biologic, traumatic or p sychological).
The following teeter-totter
diagrams, called 'Exhaustion' and 'Adaptation', demonstrate
the concept of maintaining balance
in order to deal with external stressors:
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overload of any individual stressor or combination
of stressors, for example, a lack of sleep or exercise,
exposures to outdoor pollutants and/or indoor pollutants,
an unhealthy diet, or lack of social support could
“tip the scales” resulting in exhaustion
and illness. |
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the other hand, if you could reduce the load of
current and past accumulated exposures or stressors,
you could theoretically plant and feed SEEDS of
health by maintaining adequate Sleep, Environment,
Exercise, Diet and Support. |
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