Saturday 12 September 2020

Stress Level

                         

Back in the 1970s, two psychiatrists at the University of Washington Medical School, Drs. Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a scale that rates the stress caused by many changes in life – major and minor, pleasant and unpleasant. This is their scale, with minor changes in wording. The bigger the number the bigger the stress level:

100 – death of a spouse.

73 – divorce.

65 – marital separation.

63 – jail term.

53 – personal injury or sickness.

50 – marriage.

47 – fired from job.

45 – reconcile marriage.

45 – retirement.

40 – pregnancy.

39 – gain new family member.

39 – change in business.

37 – death of a close friend.

36  - change of  job.

29 – grown child leaves home.

29 – in-law troubles.

28 – gaining an outstanding achievement.

26 – wife begins or stops work.

23 – trouble with your boss.

20 – move to a new home.

20 – change schools.

19 – change church or social activities.

15 – eating habits change.

13 – vacation or holiday.

12 – Christmas.

11 – minor violations of the law.

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