Hca 250 Week One

daily hassles self assesment

Ashley Vance

hca/250

April 24, 2011

Crystal Baker

Daily hassles self assessment

My total hassle score was 158, so I am basically under more stress than most of my college peers. Money was a big factor, this may be in part to the fact that I have a three year old that has to take medication and it is hard for me to save money because of this. I am not a penny pincher, but I have to watch what spend, and I have never had to do that before. Anything that involves social behaviors I gave myself a five. Other people appearance is another thing I gave a five, not just for me though, to my peers I work with. Not showering or washing hands properly annoys me. I am not happy with my personal appearance because I am what some would call overweight, so I gave myself a four. I tend to forget a lot to, not important thing thought. I think if I began to think of everything as normal (all except others appearances, which is something I will never get over) then I could possibly be less stressed. I can also avoid some situations that I know cause me to stress. It would be very beneficial to me.

Some would say stress runs in my family. Most of us are very overbearing and controlling, so this all can be considered as biologically. I believe that is who I am because of my family. My health score was a four, this is in the physiologically category. Because I tend to also not care for myself as I used to. I have other responsibilities that I feel are more important.

The systems I use daily are just relaxing when my son goes to bed. I try to get everything done I need to get done before nine. That is when it is lights out for him. My fiancé tends to not understand why I am under a lot of stress so I rarely talk to him about anything. My grandmother listens, but just says “It is a part of life”. While I agree that some is a part of life and keeps us going, my amount of stress is different I think.

I could try and exercise...