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 edgy, anxious, grumpy - but we are still maintaining alertness when we need it, but crashing hard in the evening;
(3) The resistance phase occurs when our adrenal glands still continue to produce cortisol at the expense of other hormones linked to pleasure. Here, you can still function as per usual, but there is a reduction in engagement in pleasurable and meaningful activities, and ability to enjoy or motivate oneself to engage in them.
(4) Lastly, you get the exhaustion phase when our body can no longer sustain secreting so much cortisol for such a prolonged period of time - our energy levels are depleted and the lack of cortisol leads us to feel extremely fatigued, fall sick frequently, emotional dysregulation, withdrawal. This last stage is called adrenal fatigue where the body needs time and rest to restore hormonal balance.
As this has been such an ongoing thing I have been working so hard towards, I was so ready to celebrate and organised a few celebrations not long after my results came out. I also flew back home after getting my results, very much looking forward to a holiday. I did not anticipate how tired I would become and how many times I would fall sick during my holiday. I had diarrhoea, migraines, a sore throat, a cold. Because I was so exhausted, I didn't really want to meet up with any of my friends and just wanted to stay at home and rest.
Yeah, so I think I'm currently in the exhaustion phase and feeling frustrated with how limiting this phase is, but now that I'm aware of it, I'm taking things a lot slower and feeling heaps better. I am definitely over-analysing myself so I will stop my post here. :)
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 edgy, anxious, grumpy - but we are still maintaining alertness when we need it, but crashing hard in the evening;
(3) The resistance phase occurs when our adrenal glands still continue to produce cortisol at the expense of other hormones linked to pleasure. Here, you can still function as per usual, but there is a reduction in engagement in pleasurable and meaningful activities, and ability to enjoy or motivate oneself to engage in them.
(4) Lastly, you get the exhaustion phase when our body can no longer sustain secreting so much cortisol for such a prolonged period of time - our energy levels are depleted and the lack of cortisol leads us to feel extremely fatigued, fall sick frequently, emotional dysregulation, withdrawal. This last stage is called adrenal fatigue where the body needs time and rest to restore hormonal balance.
As this has been such an ongoing thing I have been working so hard towards, I was so ready to celebrate and organised a few celebrations not long after my results came out. I also flew back home after getting my results, very much looking forward to a holiday. I did not anticipate how tired I would become and how many times I would fall sick during my holiday. I had diarrhoea, migraines, a sore throat, a cold. Because I was so exhausted, I didn't really want to meet up with any of my friends and just wanted to stay at home and rest.
Yeah, so I think I'm currently in the exhaustion phase and feeling frustrated with how limiting this phase is, but now that I'm aware of it, I'm taking things a lot slower and feeling heaps better. I am definitely over-analysing myself so I will stop my post here. :)
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