General Adoption Syndrome
Pioneering stress researcher Hans Selye, M.D., a Canadian physiologist, noted a consistent pattern of response to stress and termed these the general adaptation syndrome (GAS), commonly referred to as the “fight-or-flight” response. The GAS occurs in three stages: Alarm reaction Stage of resistance Stage of exhaustion. Initially, the body’s biochemistry tends to react to stress […]
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