.Physiological responses - Identify TWO physiological responses to stressors

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Pawan (38) works as an administrator and lives with his daughter, Aneela (8), in Vanier. This is his typical day:

6.30am: Get up, prepare two packed lunches and start getting Aneela ready.  Chase around with sports kit and try to do some housework including putting on a load of washing.  Coerce Aneela into some clarinet practice (ten minutes arguing, resulting in three minutes practice).

8.00am: Drive Aneela to school then continue to work, a distance of about 10 miles, worrying about Aneela left in an almost deserted playground.

9.00am: Work starts, but I am often late.  Breakfast is a sandwich.  It is not particularly a stressful job and I enjoy it, but I have been there six years and I really need to earn more money or try something different. For practical reasons it would be difficult for me to change so I do get frustrated.

5.00pm: Collect Aneela at 5.30.  She does activities three days, and on the other two I leave work at 3.00pm.

6.30pm: Cook dinner and encourage Aneela to do her homework.

8.00pm: Aneela puts herself to bed while I catch up on bills, paperwork, and housework.  When things get really bad, two or three times a year, I get a horrible racing heartbeat and shoulder pains as I get very tense in my neck and back.  I then start to feel permanently anxious.  My biggest stress is feeling that I cannot devote enough time to Aneela, mainly because of work.  I used to see friends on a regular basis but now I rarely bother as it’s another hassle and expense getting a babysitter for the evening.  I knew early on that I would be bringing up Aneela on my own and we don't live near any family who could help me juggle a job and child.  Sometimes it is hard to make ends meet.  If Aneela is ill, I can't work, and my annual vacation, 25 days a year, doesn't cover the 13 weeks of school holidays.  The company has been good about giving me unpaid leave but I have to take far too much.  It’s difficult having to rely on friends, asking favours all the time makes me very tense.

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