In all honesty, do you think VCAA will accept both resistance and exhaustion?

[Visionz]

Good point !

Although I'm still having trouble understanding how her resistnace to the initial stressors was above normal when she contracted the illness ...
how was she resisting the stress if she was ill ?

The flu wasnt the initial stressor. The initial stressor was the headaches.. which went away.

This is all that needs to be said:
YOU CANNOT CONTRACT THE FLU AND THEN BEAT IT IN EXHAUSTION.

[psych93]

Damn .. I actually had an inkling of hope for a second .....
brb- phineas gaging myself

[cheese360]

During resistance you fight the subsequent stressors and your ability to deal with the initial stressor is still above normal. This is demonstrated by the fact that she was able to go back to work. Exhaustion is when she is unable to fight the initial stressor or subsequent stressors, she wouldnt have beaten the flu and returned to work the second time if she was in exhaustion.

So, using this logic, if you enter exhaustion, you can no longer fight stressors? You're stuck in exhaustion forever? After she contracted the flu, she rested, allowing the body to recuperate and recover, so that ability to cope with a stressor goes back to normal. Just because you are able to fight the flu, it doesn't neccesarily mean you have to be in the resistance stage. The immune system is impaired, not totally dysfunctional.

[psych93]

preach !

[hawks08]

to be honest i cannot really remember why i put  exaustion as a lot of content i have forgotton. i think i may of put exaustion because she was sick for a week which is more than the "first signs" of psychosomatic illness which occurs in resistence. cant really remember though tbh

[jinny1]

Good point !

Although I'm still having trouble understanding how her resistnace to the initial stressors was above normal when she contracted the illness ...
how was she resisting the stress if she was ill ?

The flu wasnt the initial stressor. The initial stressor was the headaches.. which went away.

This is all that needs to be said:
YOU CANNOT CONTRACT THE FLU AND THEN BEAT IT IN EXHAUSTION.

in resistance you wouldnt get the flu anyway since you resistance to stressors are alot higher than normal...in exhaustion it is lower so she contracted it and it took her 7 days to get her body right and get back to homeostasis.

im pretty sure they'll accept Exhaustion...psychology doesnt have a definite answer and both resistance and exhaustion could be right with the correct explanation

[Tashi]

Good point !

Although I'm still having trouble understanding how her resistnace to the initial stressors was above normal when she contracted the illness ...
how was she resisting the stress if she was ill ?

The flu wasnt the initial stressor. The initial stressor was the headaches.. which went away.

This is all that needs to be said:
YOU CANNOT CONTRACT THE FLU AND THEN BEAT IT IN EXHAUSTION.

in resistance you wouldnt get the flu anyway since you resistance to stressors are alot higher than normal...in exhaustion it is lower so she contracted it and it took her 7 days to get her body right and get back to homeostasis.

im pretty sure they'll accept Exhaustion...psychology doesnt have a definite answer and both resistance and exhaustion could be right with the correct explanation

A key thing of stage of resistance is that while your resistance to the original stressor is high, it is lowered for additional stressors.

[psych93]

So you're saying that she was in resistance when she got the flu, then she took a week off work, dealt with the stress and a week later she recovered and returned to work
Yet she suddenly jumped straight to exhaustion stage straight after?

[jinny1]

So you're saying that she was in resistance when she got the flu, then she took a week off work, dealt with the stress and a week later she recovered and returned to work
Yet she suddenly jumped straight to exhaustion stage straight after?

haha great question...

[Tashi]

What exactly are you saying? She was in exhaustion when she got the flu, took a week off and recovered, then was unable to return to  work?

It's so confusing :S

[jinny1]

psych93 is saying:

if you were in resistance during the time you contracted the flu, and she took a week to recover. Then it doesnt make sense that she was "unable to get up to go to work one morning." Which meant she would be in the exhaustion stage at that point.

[psych93]

To be honest, I'm exactly sure myself
But all I'm saying is, I think that it's much more likely that when she contracted the illness she was in exhaustion and didn't fully recover hence causing her to be unable to get out of bed one morning
As opposed to her being in resistance when she contracted the flu, then dealt with the stress and recovered, and then suddenly jumped to exhaustion

Hmmmmm basically this question will determine whether I get an A or A+ .. so I'm trying hard to convince myself that theres still hope !

[psych93]

*not exactly

[jinny1]

you would definitely get a mark if you explained well mate..

[psych93]

I didn't though... I just said that resources have been depleted trying to combat initial stressors of motherhood and work causing stress hormones to weaken the immune system and therefore making her more suseptible to contracting the flu
A pretty generic response