Stress Test

Today I took another stress test in Psych. This spans over life events in the past two years.

0-149 is a low stress life. Basically, you are not at all vulnerable to stress related illness.

150-299 is medium. You're vulnerable to stress related illness, but as long as you have good coping skills, you should be fine.

300+ is the dangerous zone. You need to practice relaxation skills on a daily basis. You are extremely vulnerable to stress related illness.

My score is 803.

I honestly don't feel that stressed though. I mean, yes, I feel burnt out and stressed, but I don't feel like I'm going to die from it or anything. My teacher said I really need to cut stress out of my life.

The thing is, there's no way to cut stress out. I mean, I can drop out of school and that would reduce some stress, but I love school.

A big factor in it was my husbands deployment. The thing about that is that I wasn't as... well, I handled it better than most wives. I did productive things. I went to school, I wrote. I redecorated the house, and I developed an unhealthy obsession with GG. My shoe collection mutliplied by at least 5. (I recently gave away 50 pairs of shoes and still have boxes and bags of shoes left.)

Maybe I'm massively stressed. But I think I'm coping pretty well. I contribute that to writing. Without writing, I'd probably be crazy by now.