Paul giving a session

Lifelists: Holmes and Rahe

AUDIO: "OK. Look through the list until you find a hot question, then take it up."

Response Options:

Main list page

Return to the main lifelists page

All the questions below are clickable links

1. Death of spouse? 2. Divorce? 3. Marital separation? 4. Imprisonment? 5. Death of close family member? 6. Personal injury or illness? 7. Marriage? 8. Dismissal from work? 9. Marital reconciliation? 10. Retirement?

11. Change in health of family member? 12. Pregnancy? 13. Sexual difficulties? 14. Gain of new family member? 15. Business readjustment? 16. Change in financial state? 17. Death of close friend? 18. Change to different line of work? 19. Change in frequency of arguments? 20. Major mortgage?

21. Foreclosure of mortgage or loan? 22. Change in responsibilities at work? 23. Child leaving home? 24. Trouble with in-laws? 25. Outstanding personal achievement? 26. Spouse starts or stops work? 27. Begin or end school? 28. Change in living conditions? 29. Revision in personal habits? 30. Trouble with boss?

31. Change in working hours or conditions? 32. Change in residence? 33. Change in schools? 34. Change in recreation? 35. Change in church activities? 36. Change in social activities? 37. Minor mortgage or loan? 38. Change in sleeping habits? 39. Change in number of family get-togethers? 40. Change in eating habits?

41. Vacation? 42. Christmas or major holiday? 43. Minor violations of law? 44. Something else wrong?

Junior scale

1. Death of parent? 2. Unplanned pregnancy/abortion? 3. Getting married? 4. Divorce of parents? 5. Acquiring a visible deformity? 6. Fathering a child? 7. Jail sentence of parent for over one year? 8. Marital separation of parents? 9. Death of a brother or sister? 10. Change in acceptance by peers?

11. Unplanned pregnancy of sister? 12. Discovery of being an adopted child? 13. Marriage of parent to stepparent? 14. Death of a close friend? 15. Having a visible congenital deformity? 16. Serious illness requiring hospitalization? 17. Failure of a grade in school? 18. Not making an extracurricular activity? 19. Hospitalization of a parent? 20. Jail sentence of parent for over 30 days?

21. Breaking up with boyfriend or girlfriend? 22. Beginning to date? 23. Suspension from school? 24. Becoming involved with drugs or alcohol? 25. Birth of a brother or sister? 26. Increase in arguments between parents? 27. Loss of job by parent? 28. Outstanding personal achievement? 29. Change in parent's financial status? 30. Accepted at college of choice?

31. Being a senior in high school? 32. Hospitalization of a sibling? 33. Increased absence of parent from home? 34. Brother or sister leaving home? 35. Addition of third adult to family? 36. Becoming a full fledged member of a church? 37. Decrease in arguments between parents? 38. Decrease in arguments with parents? 39. Mother or father beginning work? 40. Something else wrong?

Other

Shutting down | Don't want to continue | Realization

Write on Report:

Write the time at the start of the list
Write the name of the list
Write the prefix, such as "Generally," or "Before my illness," or . . .
Write the question number you are taking up and any comments
For example:

10:43 am
Holmes/Rahe list
Q3. Bgh wjshy nmpoll kji hjgey ghdtegs.

Notes:

This is a Phase 3 activity

Don't start on this list if you're not up to Phase 3 work at PaulsRobot.

Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale

This is a list of 43 stressful life events that can contribute to illness, per its Wikipedia article. The scale proper has figures that accompany each line, for example "death of spouse" rating 100 and "trouble with in-laws" rating 29. The usual way the scale is used is to score each line with respect to a time period, such as the previous two years, and then add up the total. The higher the score, the higher the risk of illness.

Use at PaulsRobot

The list has been repurposed here to simply serve as a list of possible stressful events in an average person's life, so these can be explored and discharged using various PaulsRobot modules. It will not cover everything, but it is a start.

Purpose of the list

The point of the list is bring relief to the user. It does this by broadly suggesting areas where charged topics might be found, and then leading into procedures that release the encysted sensations and emotions. The idea is to strike a happy medium as shown below. The list would ideally contain the most fruitful areas for individual charged topics to lie, and by gradually working through the list and discharging what gets brought to view, an individual can get a great deal of relief.

Too broad a view

A question like "stress in the Army?" will probably miss, as the guy has already discharged as much as a general look will achieve.

Too narrow a view

On the other hand, a question like, "Did an Irish lieutenant kick you in the nuts?" is likely to miss as being too specific.

Just right

But if a question like "someone got killed?" or "substance abuse?" might well bring a charged topic to view, at which point it can be explored and discharged.

Adding in Rub & Yawn is strongly recommended