Alarm Exhaustion (Selye)
Selye's third stage: after prolonged alarm and resistance, reserves run out; the person stops responding to stressors at all, which looks like calm and is collapse.
An everyday example
A team that has fought fires for a year stops escalating problems, not because there are none but because nobody has anything left.
What it can cost you
Reading exhaustion as acceptance; making decisions from depletion.
Warning signs
- Nobody objects to anything anymore.
- I do not care which option wins.
One thing to do
When responses go flat after a long siege, assume exhaustion, not agreement; recover before deciding anything.
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