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| tennis tom |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 09:37:45
From Page 26 of Dr. John E. Sarno's THE MINDBODY PRESCRIPTION:
"Many years ago New York psychiatrists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe studied the causative role of stressful life events "in the natural history of many diseases." They reported on a list of these events, some of which were negative but many identified as socially desirable and "consonant with the American values of achievement, success, materialism, practicality, efficiency, future orientation, conformism and self-reliance." The list is reproduced here. We postulate that these events produce "disease" through the mechanism of internal rage. The events are listed in order of decreasing stress:
1. Death of a spouse
2. Divorce
3. Marital separation
4. Jail term
5. Death of close family member
6. Personal injury or illness
7. Marriage
8. Fired at work
9. Marital reconciliation
10. Retirement
11. Change in health of a family member
12. Pregnancy
13. Sex difficulties
14. Gain of a new family member
15. Business readjustment
16. Change in financial state
17. Death of a close friend
18. Change to different line of work
19. Change in number of arguments with spouse
20. Mortagage over $10,000 [in the 1960's]
21. Foreclosure of mortagage or loan
22. Change of responsibilities at work
23. Son or daughter leaving home
24. Trouble with in-laws
25. Outstanding personal achievements
26. Wife begins or stops work
27. Begin or end school
28. Change in living conditions
29. Revision of personal habits
30. Trouble with boss
31. Change in work hours or conditions
32. Change in residence
33. Change in schools
34. Change in recreation
35. Change in church activities
36. Change in social acdtivities
37. Mortgage or loan less than $10,000
38. Change in sleeping habits
39. Change in number of family get-togethers
40. Change in eating habits
41. Vacation
42. Christmas
43. Minor violation of the law
Both positive and negative stress generate unconscious anger, whether or not one is consciously angry. Accumulated anger is rage, and frightening, unconscious rage leads to the development of physical symptoms."
Some of my favorite excerpts from " THE DIVIDED MIND " :
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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| armchairlinguist |
Posted - 05/13/2007 : 20:05:03
I can weigh in that as bad as getting dumped is, it's about 100 times worse to have it happen by email. So inappropriate use of technology is certainly a compounding stress factor, if not one on its own...
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Wherever you go, there you are. |
| sonora sky |
Posted - 05/13/2007 : 18:05:49
quote:
Originally posted by skizzik
What do you think the mortgage translates into todays dollars?
Gosh, I feel like that would vary so much depending on income. But we could estimate. I think average cost of a new, single family home in the US is over 250k. With 20% down, a startng mortgage would be about 200k. So I guess a mortgage of 100k+ would have a higher stress value, and a mortgage of 100k or less would have a lower stress value (though both are still stressful!).
ss |
| skizzik |
Posted - 05/13/2007 : 16:34:25
What do you think the mortgage translates into todays dollars? |
| carbar |
Posted - 05/13/2007 : 15:19:38
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Originally posted by sonora sky
I wonder if we could add some additional, modern day (21st century) stressors to the list. I'll think on it.
ss
me, too. I'm pretty sure email will figure in. Computer malfunction...hard drive crash? Maybe inappropriate use of voicemail and text messaging to communicate? internet personals dates from hell? not investing in tech stocks? hmmm... |
| tennis tom |
Posted - 05/13/2007 : 09:44:52
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Originally posted by Wavy Soul
Damn - those "outstanding personal achievements" are really stressing me out!
Other than that, I'm about 41 for 41 in the last 3 years (well, no jail!).
xx
Love is the answer, whatever the question
Hi Wavy,
San Quentin's just over the hill, three hots and a cot might not be so bad after what you've been through lately. They have tennis courts there--no kidding--if you're on good behavior you get to play all day. When I went to SF State we used to play them and the guys at Strawberry Rec go there for matches. I'd love to get a T-shirt that says property of San Quentin P.E. Dept.
Cheers,
tt  
Some of my favorite excerpts from " THE DIVIDED MIND " :
http://www.tmshelp.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2605
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| Wavy Soul |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 21:08:05
Damn - those "outstanding personal achievements" are really stressing me out!
Other than that, I'm about 41 for 41 in the last 3 years (well, no jail!).
xx
Love is the answer, whatever the question |
| sonora sky |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 10:30:57
I wonder if we could add some additional, modern day (21st century) stressors to the list. I'll think on it.
ss |
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