How to
Use this list after the main hot (charged) topics in your life have been cooled off. In a proper session, look over the list until one of the 44 items "bites", in other words, some charged topic from your own life vividly comes to mind. Then write down the general question number, and your personalized topic you will be addressing. For example,
Q7, marriage to Jamie.
Discharge this personalized topic in one or more Rub & Yawn sessions using the appropriate session techniques. Then, depending on your SUSHI state, how much session time is left, etc, you may choose to address another item or end off the session.
By gradually working through the list and discharging whatever gets brought to view in topic after topic during many sessions over many weeks or months, an individual can get a great deal of relief.
General items
• 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?
Original scale
The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale is a list of 43 stressful life events that can contribute to illness, per its Wikipedia article. The original scale has figures that accompany each line, for example "death of spouse" rating 100 and "trouble with in-laws" rating 29. The way the scale is used outside PaulsRobot 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.
There is also a junior scale aimed at teenagers and young adults. You may use either, or both, to dig up personal items to address.
Use at PaulsRobot
The scale has been slightly reworded and repurposed here to serve as a simple list of possible stressful events in an average person's life, so these can be explored and discharged using PaulsRobot. It will not cover everything, but it is a good start.
Question 44
Question 44 has been added in this version just in case something else comes to mind not covered by the other questions. It is not intended to provoke a deep search into one's mind.
Sources: Article edited from my writing at PaulsRobot3. Image: Pixabay
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Yawnguy YouTube videos: Entry level. Since 2007, I deliver sessions directly to you by video on your custom topics. Start with Rub & Yawn 1/3.
YawnMachine.com: Entry level. Mobile-friendly. Text-based Rub & Yawn sessions.
PaulsRobot.com: Entry level (more or less). Mobile-friendly. More options to address your own topics. Sessions use three different Rub & Yawn techniques (Reach & Withdraw, 6-Direction, Rogerian). Includes theory and explanations.
RubAndYawn.com: Entry-level. Mobile friendly. Theory/explanations only, no session delivery.
PaulsRobot3.com: Advanced level. Desktop site. Delivers sessions on your custom topics. 3375 session pages in 31 onsite modules, using over 16 different techniques, none of them simply “talking about it”. Includes all relevant theory.
PaulsRobot2.com: Advanced level. Mobile-friendly. Experimental. PaulsRobot functionality but through icons instead of words. Includes automated session record. Video intro.
Yawnguy.com: Entry level. Desktop site. Links to my other sites. Over 100 testimonials. Includes roll-your-own audio session templates.
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