Toxic Stress

• Chronic exposure to stressful situations where one PERCEIVES the situation as a threat vs. a challenge.

• Brain and body adapt to consistent hyper-arousal.

• Activates flight, fight, flee reactions in body.

• Revs up the inflammatory system and shoots stress hormones (cortisol and adrenaline) throughout the body.

• Impairs mood regulation, emotional regulation, shortens one's "window of tolerance."

• Diminishes one's ability to access "higher brain" in the pre-frontal cortex.

Style of Stress Perception

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Burnout Manifestations

It is only the leaders/teachers who are BURNING that burn out.

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