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FM 22-51not speaking. The behaviors may be intended toovercome and turn off a stressor, to escape it, orto adapt to it. They may simply reflect or relievethe tension generated by the internal stressprocess. Any of these different types of stressbehavior may be successful, unsuccessful, or notinfluence the stressful situation at all. They maymake the stressor worse. They may resolve onestressor but create new stressors.g. Combat Stress. This is the complexand constantly changing result of all the stressorsand stress processes inside the soldier as heperforms the combat-related mission. At anygiven time in each soldier, stress is the result ofthe complex interaction of many mental andphysical stressors.2-3. Discussion of Physical Versus MentalStressorsa. Table 2-1 gives examples of the twotypes of physical stressors (environmental andphysiological) and the two types of mentalstressors (cognitive and emotional).2-2