So much has happened since my last post. I passed my clinical exams, the exam that I never thought I would pass, the exam that I put in so much hard work into. My exam went so well, the examiners had so few questions to ask me and they were happy with my assessment with my client. I left my exam (already) celebrating, certain that I would pass, thankful for how much better this process was then the last one. They say that the stress cycle consists of four stages (this is a very abbreviated version): (1) The alarm phase where you first encounter a specific stressor and your body releases a whole lot of cortisol (the stress hormone) to prepare yourself to cope with stress. We benefit from this as we become a lot more alert and ready to cope with whatever we're stressed about; (2) The adaptation phase is when our bodies start getting used to being in the alarm phase/ fight or flight for a prolonged period of time. Stress starts to have an impact on us - be it, making us more...