Life stress

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There is a system which gives points to each stressful event in a

persons life,

many events both negative and positive have an impact on our stress

levels .

When you get above a certain level of stress in a year or in three

years you are very likely to experience illness, emotional or mental

disturbance, incresed anger etc. While most of these life stress charts

do not list events such as terrorist attacks ,declarations of war and

so forth, I think that there is no doubt that the events of the last

two weeks has put most of us well over the managable amount of stress

for the year.

 

 

While the list below does not contain the particular events that have

brought us into what might be called a stress crisis I think it is

useful to help get an idea of the stress each of us is under now.

 

In the past 12 months, which of the following major life events have

taken place in your life.

 

1. Print out this form

 

2. Make a mark next to each event that you have experienced this year.

 

3. When you're done, add up the points for each event.

 

4. Check your score at the bottom.

 

_____ Death of Spouse 100

_____ Divorce 73

_____ Marital Separation 65

_____ Jail Term 63

_____ Death of close family member 63

_____ Personal injury or illness 53

_____ Marriage 50

_____ Fired from work 47

_____ Marital reconciliation 45

_____ Retirement 45

_____ Change in family member's health 44

_____ Pregnancy 40

_____ Sex difficulties 39

_____ Addition to family 39

_____ Business readjustment 39

_____ Change in financial status 38

_____ Death of close friend 37

_____ Change to a different line of work 36

_____ Change in number of marital arguments 35

_____ Mortgage or loan over $10,000 31

_____ Foreclosure of mortgage or loan 30

_____ Change in work responsibilities 29

_____ Trouble with in-laws 29

_____ Outstanding personal achievement 28

_____ Spouse begins or stops work 26

_____ Starting or finishing school 26

_____ Change in living conditions 25

_____ Revision of personal habits 24

_____ Trouble with boss 23

_____ Change in work hours, conditions 20

_____ Change in residence 20

_____ Change in schools 20

_____ Change in recreational habits 19

_____ Change in church activities 19

_____ Change in social activities 18

_____ Mortgage or loan under $10,000 17

_____ Change in sleeping habits 16

_____ Change in number of family gatherings 15

_____ Change in eating habits 15

_____ Vacation 13

_____ Christmas season 12

_____ Minor violations of the law 11

 

______ Your Total Score

 

This scale shows the kind of life pressure that you are facing.

Depending on your coping skills or the lack thereof,

this scale can predict the likelihood that you will fall victim to a

stress related illness. The illness could be mild -

frequent tension headaches, acid indigestion, loss of sleep to very

serious illness like ulcers, cancer, migraines and

the like.

 

LIFE STRESS SCORES

 

0-149 Low susceptibility to stress-related illness

 

150-299 Medium susceptibility to stress-related illness.

 

Learn and practice relaxation and stress management skills and a healthy

well life style.

 

300 and over High susceptibility to stress-related illness

 

Daily practice of relaxation skills is very important for your wellness.

Take care of it now before a serious illness erupts or an affliction

becomes worse.

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The reccomended treatments are usualy to be very self nurturing, to

avoid additional stress as much as possible and to limit the amount of

additional changes you make in your life as much as is reasonable.

 

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