The document discusses a stress inventory that individuals can complete to assess their personal level of stress. It includes 20 statements about common stressors that respondents rate on a scale of agreeing or disagreeing. The number of agreed statements corresponds to a stress level ranging from low to exceptionally high. The inventory aims to increase awareness of stressors affecting various areas of one's life.
The document also provides instructions for another exercise where respondents list their top 10 current stressors and analyze how each affects their mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health. They also note how long each stressor has been an issue and whether it elicits anger, fear, or both. Completing these exercises can help identify specific problems contributing to stress.
2. night’s sleep cascades into a poor waking day. Over time, the results will ultimately affect
all aspects of health.
Whatever your sleep patterns were before you started college, chances are that
they have changed dramatically since then. By and large, the freedom connected with
college life tends to throw off sleep patterns. Instead of hitting the hay around 10 P.M.
or 11 P.M., you might not lay your head on the pillow until 1 A.M. or 2 A.M. On weekends
you may go to bed at sunrise, rather than waking up to see it. And let us not forget
the all-nighters that tend to become habit forming during midterm and final
exams.
Since the 1950s, scientists have been studying sleeping behaviors and sleeping
patterns in earnest. With over forty years of data collection, you’d think they would
have some solid answers; the truth is, no one really knows why we sleep. There are all
kinds of theories about the need to have rest, but to date there seems to be a lack of
evidence as to what actually goes on during the night hours. Interestingly enough, we
do know what happens when we don’t get enough sleep. Memory and motor coordination
fade rapidly, and performance, in all aspects, is greatly compromised—as many
a college student will attest to when pulling a series of all-nighters.
Describe your sleeping patterns. Are your sleep habits regular? Do you go to
bed and get up about the same time every day? How have your sleeping patterns
changed since you entered college? Do you make a habit of pulling all-nighters? Do
you have problems sleeping at night? Do you have a hard time getting up in the
morning? What are some of the patterns you see with your sleep?
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_____I have great sleep habits. I go to bed every night between 9:30-10:00pm, falling
asleep usually to a guided meditation CD. Monday-Friday I wake up at 6:15 am to get my
son ready for school. Some days I may wake up around 5:45am, but that is pretty rare. I
always wake up feeling well rested and refreshed. I do enjoy taking a 30-45min afternoon
nap at times. I notice that I tend to this when I have had more than usual emotional or
mental stress. I have learned to listen to my body. When I am tired, I sleep. On the
weekends, I tend to stay out later if I have social things going on, but this does not occur
every weekend. Also, on Sat/Sun I will usually sleep in until 7:30/8:00.
I do not have interrupted sleep and I very rarely have nights of staying up late or not
sleeping due to some kind of stressor in my life. This use to be the case years ago, but I
have made many lifestyle modifications to get rid of certain stresses in my life. These
changes have resulted in better sleep, health and mental attitude for me.
Sleep is how the body heals and rejuvenates itself and I take my sleep very seriously.
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4. 3. _Being a single mom raising a an 11 year boy__(8 years of dealing with this stressor,
been divorced for 8 years (anger and
frustration)________________________________________________________________
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4. __Alcoholic and drug addicted parents – my entire life I have been dealing with this
stressor. Both my dad and stepdad have drug addiction problems and my mom is a full
blown alcoholic. (anger, frustration and
resentment)_______________________________________________________________
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5. ____Launching a new business – the 5 months of developing my business plan and
preparing to launch in Jan 2015
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6. ___Friend Drama – the past 3 months of dealing with this stressor, 2 of my friends are
going through
divorces._________________________________________________________________
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