So, as usual I am stressed. The good news is that I am much less stressed than I was a few months ago. My dear friend and blogger posted this interesting Life Change Scale. Score your Life Change Scale for the past 6 months alone. According to psychological research, persons who total 200 points or more on the following scale within a 12-month period are more prone to physical and psychological stress-related illness than those who score less. To see where you stand, simply total the number of stress points you have accumulated in the last year. Note that both pleasant and unpleasant "life events" can cause stress. Thank you for this Nomad! As I sit here typing this I am at 210. Nice. What is your Life Change Scale number?
THE SOCIAL READJUSTMENT RATING SCALE
(Life Change Scale)
LIFE EVENT MEAN VALUE
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 at work 47
Marital reconciliation 45
Retirement 45
Change of health in family member 44
Pregnancy 40
Sex difficulties 39
Gain of new family member (birth, adoption, older adult moving in) 39
Business readjustment 39
Change in financial state (much worse or much better) 39
Death of close friend 37
Change to different line of work 36
Change in number of arguments with spouse (more or less) 35
Loan of over $10,000 31
Foreclosure of mortgage or loan 30
Change in responsibilities at work (promotion, demotion, transfer) 29
Child leaving home (marriage, attending college) 29
Trouble with in-laws 29
Outstanding personal achievement 28
Spouse begins or stops work 26
Begin or end of school 26
Change in living conditions (remodeling, deterioration of neighborhood) 25
Revision of habits (dress, manners, associations) 24
Trouble with boss 23
Change in work conditions 20
Change in residence 20
Change in schools 20
Change in church activities 19
Change in recreation 19
Change in social activities 18
Loan less than $10,000 17
Change in sleeping habits 16
Change in number of family get-togethers 15
Change in eating habits 15
Vacation 13
Christmas 12
Minor violations of the law (eg traffic ticket) 11
6 comments:
Mine's 277.
yep...mine's 296, in the past 6 months, alone...awesome!
yiiiiiiiikes!!
I lost count. Can I get an extra two points for losing count while taking this text?
Mine's not that high, I don't think, despite a bunch of novel stress-causers (pregnancy, move, job, etc).
Katie would have to die twice in order for me to respectably beat NotJimmy. Can I contribute $4 to a massage fund for NotJimmy?
I counted 310 in the past 6 months. But a few seem unfair to count like my eating habits and my sleeping habits have both changed because I'm pregnant. So should those three things count as 40 points(pregnancy) or 71(pregnancy, sleeping, and eating)?
Brian maybe you could through in $4 for me to get a massage too.
wifest, you can have the $4 he threw into my fund... pregnancy trumps all.
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