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In today's life, we are all experiencing levels of stress like never before. Test and see if you are experiencing too much stress.........

Your Stress Scale

STRESS SCALE FOR ADULTS

In the following table you can look up representative changes in your life and see how much stress value each of these changes is adding to your life. NOTE ANY ITEM THAT YOU MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS. Then, total up your score.

(Adapted from the "Social Readjustment Rating Scale" by Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe. This scale was first published in the "Journal of Psychosomatic Research", Copyright 1967, vol.II p. 214. It is used by permission of Pergamon Press Ltd.)

STRESS

EVENT VALUE

DEATH OF SPOUSE

100

DIVORCE

60

MENOPAUSE

60

SEPARATION FROM LIVING PARTNER

60

JAIL TERM OR PROBATION

60

DEATH OF CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER OTHER THAN SPOUSE

60

SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY OR ILLNESS

45

MARRIAGE OR ESTABLISHING LIFE PARTNERSHIP

45

FIRED AT WORK

45

MARITAL OR RELATIONSHIP RECONCILIATION

40

RETIREMENT

40

CHANGE IN HEALTH OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER

40

WORK MORE THAN 40 HOURS PER WEEK

35

PREGNANCY OR CAUSING PREGNANCY

35

SEX DIFFICULTIES

35

GAIN OF NEW FAMILY MEMBER

35

BUSINESS OR WORK ROLE CHANGE

35

CHANGE IN FINANCIAL STATE

35

DEATH OF A CLOSE FRIEND (not a family member)

30

CHANGE IN NUMBER OF ARGUMENTS WITH SPOUSE OR LIFE PARTNER

30

MORTGAGE OR LOAN FOR A MAJOR PURPOSE

25

FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE OR LOAN

25

SLEEP LESS THAN 8 HOURS PER NIGHT

25

CHANGE IN RESPONSIBILITIES AT WORK

25

TROUBLE WITH IN-LAWS, OR WITH CHILDREN

25

OUTSTANDING PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT

25

SPOUSE BEGINS OR STOPS WORK

20

BEGIN OR END SCHOOL

20

CHANGE IN LIVING CONDITIONS (visitors in the home, change in roommates, remodeling house)

20

CHANGE IN PERSONAL HABITS (diet, exercise, smoking, etc.)

20

CHRONIC ALLERGIES

20

TROUBLE WITH BOSS

20

CHANGE IN WORK HOURS OR CONDITIONS

15

MOVING TO NEW RESIDENCE

15

PRESENTLY IN PRE-MENSTRUAL PERIOD

15

CHANGE IN SCHOOLS

15

CHANGE IN RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

15

CHANGE IN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES (more or less than before)

15

MINOR FINANCIAL LOAN

10

CHANGE IN FREQUENCY OF FAMILY GET-TOGETHERS

10

VACATION

10

PRESENTLY IN WINTER HOLIDAY SEASON

10

MINOR VIOLATION OF THE LAW

5

TOTAL SCORE ___________________________

STRESS SCALE FOR YOUTH

STRESS

EVENT VALUE

DEATH OF SPOUSE, PARENT, BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND

100

DIVORCE (of yourself or your parents)

65

PUBERTY

65

PREGNANCY (or causing pregnancy)

65

MARITAL SEPARATION OR BREAKUP WITH BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND

60

JAIL TERM OR PROBATION

60

DEATH OF OTHER FAMILY MEMBER (other than spouse, parent or boyfriend/girlfriend)

60

BROKEN ENGAGEMENT

55

ENGAGEMENT

50

SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY OR ILLNESS

45

MARRIAGE

45

ENTERING COLLEGE OR BEGINNING NEXT LEVEL OF SCHOOL (starting junior high or high school)

45

CHANGE IN INDEPENDENCE OR RESPONSIBILITY

45

ANY DRUG AND/OR ALCOHOL USE

45

FIRED AT WORK OR EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL

45

CHANGE IN ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE

45

RECONCILIATION WITH MATE, FAMILY OR BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND (getting back together)

40

TROUBLE AT SCHOOL

40

SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEM OF A FAMILY MEMBER

40

WORKING WHILE ATTENDING SCHOOL

35

WORKING MORE THAN 40 HOURS PER WEEK

35

CHANGING COURSE OF STUDY

35

CHANGE IN FREQUENCY OF DATING

35

SEXUAL ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS (confusion of sexual identitity)

35

GAIN OF NEW FAMILY MEMBER (new baby born or parent remarries or adopts)

35

CHANGE IN WORK RESPONSIBILITIES

35

CHANGE IN FINANCIAL STATE

30

DEATH OF A CLOSE FRIEND (not a family member)

30

CHANGE TO A DIFFERENT KIND OF WORK

30

CHANGE IN NUMBER OF ARGUMENTS WITH MATE, FAMILY OR FRIENTS

30

SLEEP LESS THAN 8 HOURS PER NIGHT

25

TROUBLE WITH IN-LAWS OR BOYFRIEND'S OR GIRLFRIEND'S FAMILY

25

OUTSTANDING PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT (awards, grades, etc.)

25

MATE OR PARENTS START OR STOP WORKING

20

BEGIN OR END SCHOOL

20

CHANGE IN LIVING CONDITIONS (visitors in the home, remodeling house, change in roommates)

20

CHANGE IN PERSONAL HABITS (start or stop a habit like smoking or dieting)

20

CHRONIC ALLERGIES

20

TROUBLE WITH THE BOSS

20

CHANGE IN WORK HOURS

15

CHANGE IN RESIDENCE

15

CHANGE TO A NEW SCHOOL (other than graduation)

10

PRESENTLY IN PRE-MENSTRUAL PERIOD

15

CHANGE IN RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY

15

GOING IN DEBT (you or your family)

10

CHANGE IN FREQUENCY OF FAMILY GATHERINGS

10

VACATION

10

PRESENTLY IN WINTER HOLIDAY SEASON

10

MINOR VIOLATION OF THE LAW

5

 

TOTAL SCORE _____________________________________

We have asked you to look at the last twelve months of changes in your life. This may surprise you. It is crucial to understand, however, that a major change in your life has effects that carry over for long periods of time. It is like dropping a rock into a pond. After the initial splash, you will experience ripples of stress. And these ripples may continue in your life for at least a year.

So, if you have experienced total stress within the last twelve months of 250 or greater, even with normal stress tolerance, you may be OVERSTRESSED. Persons with Low Stress Tolerance may be OVERSTRESSED at levels as low as 150.

OVERSTRESS will make you sick. Carrying too heavy a stress load is like running your car engine past the red line; or leaving your toaster stuck in the "on" position; or running a nuclear reactor past maximum permissible power. Sooner or later, something will break, burnup, or melt down.

Stop the melt down! If you are feeling OVERSTRESSED please contact us for some symptom relief and to get you back to where life has some fun again! We are here to help you!