Maya owes the credit card company $20,000, her adjustable rate mortgage has just gone up, and she has been out of work for 3 months. Her husband of 15 years came home today to tell her he was having an affair and wants a divorce. With that news, she collapsed and had to be taken to the emergency room. According to Hans Selye, Maya is in which stage of the general adaptation syndrome?

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Maya is in the exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome, which is characterized by the body's inability to maintain the stress response over time, leading to physical and emotional exhaustion. The combination of financial stress, job loss, and marital problems has likely led to chronic stress, which has now manifested in a physical collapse.

Maya Owes the Credit Card Company $20,000, Her Adjustable Rate