The stress that Dominique has been dealing with due to taking care of her mother can be considered Situation stress She is experiencing because not only is she taking care of her mother but she also had to quit her job which is causing extra financial burdens The General Adaptation Syndrome GAS has three different stages which includes alarm resistance and exhaustion These stages can affect peoples mental and physical health in many different ways Dominique may experience the alarm stage as she make go into fight or flight mode which can raise blood pressure and heart rate She may expeiernce the resistance phase as she experiences tension exhaustion and a weaker immune system This could then lead her to experience the exhaustion stage which could lead her to have depression anxiety and health issues There are many different ways that she could go about trying to handle the stress she is under The best way for her may be to use mindfulness meditation She could use this in her everyday life by taking around 5 10 to sit down and breath reflect and reduce the stress overall By doing this it can help her feel less overhwled in certain situations that make her feel very stressed and anxious I think that this could be effective because it could be a good tool that she can use to help magane the stress that she is dealing with It can also help with all the possible negative and positive effects that she may experience with her mental and physical health
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