| Stress Exhaustion is a combination of physical and | | | | partially mediated by exhaustion and motivation to |
| emotional exhaustion which is the result of | | | | learn. Both forms of stress were positively |
| prolonged high stress situations. Combined with | | | | related to exhaustion, and exhaustion was |
| lack of rest, stress exhaustion can be highly | | | | negatively related to learning performance. |
| debilitating. People who suffer from stress | | | | Hindrance stress was negatively related to |
| exhaustion feel overwhelmed by the events | | | | motivation to learn, challenge stress was positively |
| around them. Many also experience feelings of | | | | related to motivation to learn, and motivation to |
| frustration and helplessness. If not addressed, | | | | learn was positively related to learning |
| stress exhaustion can lead to additional health | | | | performance. Implications with respect to theory |
| problems. | | | | and practice are discussed. |
| Depression is a state of mind which is | | | | Sudden Severe Loss In this situation, the individual |
| characterized by a negative sense of inadequacy | | | | has experienced a sudden, perhaps surprising |
| and a visual lack of activity. It is a mental state in | | | | severe loss. This loss may be the death of a |
| which the effecting person experiences sad | | | | loved one, loss of a job, loss of friendship, or |
| feelings of gloom and downturn in mood, which | | | | other grief process. In this type of depression, |
| may be relatively transitory and may be due to | | | | the patient can clearly identify what is creating |
| something complex. The common behaviour | | | | the depressed mood. |
| includes feelings of sadness, despair, low | | | | High levels of stress affect the whole hormonal |
| self-esteem, low self-reproach and | | | | system, especially the thyroid and adrenal glands. |
| discouragement. | | | | Symptoms of adrenal exhaustion include fatigue, |
| Stress applies to any condition that harm the | | | | muscle weakness, low metabolism and difficulty |
| body or the mind. In simple words, it is the | | | | resisting flus and colds. Other effects range from |
| condition that results when person-environment | | | | headaches and depression to increased |
| transactions lead the individual to perceive a | | | | environmental sensitivities. |
| discrepancy, whether real or not, between the | | | | Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an |
| demands of a situation and the resources of the | | | | emotional illness that develops as a result of a |
| person’s biological, psychological or social | | | | terribly frightening, life-threatening, or otherwise |
| systems. Every one can get stress whether he is | | | | highly unsafe experience. PTSD sufferers |
| a student or a worker etc. | | | | re-experience the traumatic event or events in |
| If you are stressed, you may also be more | | | | some way, tend to avoid places, people, or other |
| exposed to risk factors for diseases. For | | | | things that remind them of the event (avoidance), |
| example, smokers may smoke more if they are | | | | and are exquisitely sensitive to normal life |
| stressed, and people who drink alcohol to relieve | | | | experiences (hyperarousal). |
| stress may become dependent on it. In the long | | | | Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a |
| term this will push up your risk of having a heart | | | | condition that affects people who have gone |
| attack or stroke, and of developing certain | | | | through a major traumatic (shocking) event. |
| cancers. Overall, if you are under long-term stress | | | | PTSD is characterized by repeated thoughts |
| you are at greater risk of developing disease or | | | | about the ordeal, a dulling of emotions, an |
| dying prematurely. | | | | increased tendency to become excited and |
| They also found evidence suggesting that these | | | | aroused, and, sometimes, dramatic personality |
| stress-learning performance relationships were | | | | changes. |