Circle those events you have experienced within the past 12 months. Total your score. If you score more than 150 points, you are probably living under a whole lot of stress. Take a fairly frequent inventory of your stress level to help balance your emotional life.
Event Stress Points
- Death of spouse 100
- Divorce 73
- Marital separation 65
- Jail term 63
- Death of family member 63
- Personal injury or illness 53
- Marriage 50
- Loss of job 47
- Marital reconciliation 45
- Retirement 47
- Health problems 44
- Pregnancy 40
- Sex difficulties 39
- Gain of new family member 39
- Business readjustment 39
- Change in financial state 38
- Death of a close friend 37
- Change in line of work 36
- Arguments with spouse 35
- Large mortgage taken out 31
- Foreclosure on mortgage/loan 30
- Change in work 29
- Son/daughter leaving home 29
- Trouble with in-laws 29
- Major achievement 28
- Spouse starting/stopping work 26
- Change in living conditions 25
- Revision of personal habits 24
- Trouble with boss 23
- Change in work hours 20
TOTAL CIRCLED SCORE ___