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Holmes Rahe Score Reflection

After taking the Holmes Rahe Life Stress Inventory, I scored a total of 62 points falling under the category of having a relatively low amount of life change and a low susceptibility to stress-induced health breakdown. I feel obtaining this low score and being in this category is correct when relating my life events to … Continue reading Holmes Rahe Score Reflection

However regardless of my age I deal with stress and pressures that affect my mental state everyday. The biggest stress related event that has occurred in the past year was my transition from school to university. I feel a mass amount of pressure to succeed in my course as failing will impact and slow down the process of me becoming a teacher. Jumping into a new level of education and learning to juggle heavy work loads has definitely affected my mental state and made me feel overwhelmed to the point of having feelings of anxiety. Also being committed to a part-time job has triggered more stress as I need prioritise work over studying at times.

My age also relates to my stress. Young people have so many pressures these days, one of which I dominantly deal with is the pressure to maintain a social life. I have many important commitments in my life and I find it difficult to fit in having fun and taking time off. Having support of friends and significant others are good buffers of stress therefore it would benefit me to have this social support. Social support allows people to feel cared for, esteemed and have share companionship.

Strategies which I personally use when to buffer stress is enhancing my physical fitness through doing vigorous exercise 3 times a week. I feel this helps my mental state improve and relieve the stress I feel throughout the week. I also use my supportive relationships with my friends and family to get advice and encouragement from them when I feel extremely overwhelmed.

Stress Hardiness

The purpose of this article is to investigate the effects of social support, hardiness, challenge, and the control on the relationship between stress and depression. Stress has a major impact on a person’s life. In some cases stress can be positive, for example having nerves when carrying out a presentation may aid you and show … Continue reading Stress Hardiness →

The purpose of this article is to investigate the effects of social support, hardiness, challenge, and the control on the relationship between stress and depression.

Stress has a major impact on a person’s life. In some cases stress can be positive, for example having nerves when carrying out a presentation may aid you and show that you care about presenting well. On the other hand, stress can have a massive negative impact on a person’s health, such as anxiety and mental breakdown’s. To combat stress social support is very important. Social support is the degree to which a person’s basic social needs are met through interaction with others. This is extremely important in combating stress because engaging with other people can allow people to relieve their stress through speaking or even from a sense of touch.

Depression is another factor that negatively affects a person’s health. There is no positive effects of having depression. To conquer depression, social support is also very important. Being able to interact with family, friends and helpful networks are essential in make a person feel more important and less alone.

Being unable to have control over your life has a negative impact of a person’s health because it can cause things such as stress and depression. Being unorganised and out of control can lead a person to become very anxious and more likely to have a mental breakdown. A way to allow control in a person’s life is to keep updated with workloads, for example when you are in University.

The Holmes – Rahe Stress Inventory

After completing the Holmes – Rahe stress inventory, I scored 236 points which put me in the middle category which suggests I have a 50% chance of a breakdown in the next 2 years. This gave me a revelation that I need to start adapting some stress dealing mechanisms as I have a lot of stress on myself and upon thinking, am not good dealing with it. This score has given me the realisation that I should start taking more care of my mind and body and start letting myself rely on help from others to avoid the outcome that this test is suggesting i am at risk of. However, I felt that the test was aimed at older, more independent individuals and a test targeted for young adults could be more accurate. I also believe that stress can be due to temporary issues, for example, at the moment I am planning my trip to New York for the summer. This stress will be gone in a few weeks.
i believe that the majority of my stress derives from being a student and this test did not state anything about that as so I believe it was fairly inaccurate. Another area that brings me a great deal of stress is my part time job in a hotel and by working I have limited my time for social activities, studying and time for myself – neither of these factors are mentioned. A sign of my stress is my sleep pattern. On an average night, I get around 6 hours sleep and this is due to stress and late nights from work which means I have to stay up later to complete any outstanding work that I have.
To combat the stress in my life I am going to try and take some more time to relax. I am constantly trying to please and see other people and so I am trying to go to uni, work out, see my family, my friends and my boyfriend. By trying to please everyone, I often run down myself and so I am going to try and take an hour a day to have a bath or a nap to recuperate myself.

Holmes Rahe Score Reflection – 27/02/2017

After completing the Holmes Rah Score Stress rating sheet, I scored a total of 152; which I’m told ‘implies a 50% chance of a major health breakdown in the next 2 years’. My biggest stress related event accounting to this score was the death of my papa just under a year ago. I was very … Continue reading Holmes Rahe Score Reflection – 27/02/2017 →

Holmes Rahe Inventory

when doing the Holmes Raye Inventory I got a score of 208 which puts me in the 150 to 300 points category where I have a 50% chance of health breakdown in the next 2 years. This is a clear indication that there is a lot more stress in my life than I was initially aware … Continue reading Holmes Rahe Inventory →

When receiving this score I was generally surprised as I like to think I am not a person that get to stressed out about things. However on reflection of the questions asked I realised that 6 of them apply to myself which had relatively high points attached to them. Although this is the case I feel like overall I handle my stress well and do not often feel extremely stressed

Over the last year there the most stressful things I have had to deal with have primarily been a family death soon after family illness. Although through out them both I have been able to stay focused and positive. The other things I sometimes stress about it university work and money(not having enough).

The main way I combat my stress is by communicating with my family as I know they are my biggest safety net and know they all just want the best for me so are happy to listen and offer advise. Along with this I also find comfort in going to the gym to clear my head when things get especially stressful. When going to the gym I almost always bump into someone I know who usually is able to make light heart of things. Another way I would be less stressed in my life would be to try make better my time management as I can often worry when I forgotten about something due with either university or work.

Holmes Rache Inventory

According to the Holmes Rache Inventory, I received a score of 174 which places me in the category of people who have a 50% of having a mental breakdown in the next 2 years. This clearly shows that I am considered quite a stressful person which I can agree with. I stress about things quite … Continue reading Holmes Rache Inventory →

Reflection on The Holmes- Rahe Life Stress Inventory

In the Holmes- Rahe life stress inventory test I scored 216 points. This implies that I am 50% more likely to suffer a major mental breakdown in the next two years. When completing the test, I felt like I had avoided a lot of the high scoring events, such as the death of a close … Continue reading Reflection on The Holmes- Rahe Life Stress Inventory →

In the Holmes- Rahe life stress inventory test I scored 216 points. This implies that I am 50% more likely to suffer a major mental breakdown in the next two years. When completing the test, I felt like I had avoided a lot of the high scoring events, such as the death of a close friend/ family member and divorce which may be deemed as a life event that may have ‘more impact’ on a person than what the likes of a vacation may have.

I was very shocked to be in the second category because I don’t feel like I have had a massive major event that has changed me as a person in the previous year. It makes me a little nervous to think that a test can determine what changes may happen in my life in the next few years. This does not mean I particularly agree with this test. In my opinion, I would put myself in the first category because I don’t believe I have gone through a lot of major changes in the previous year, with coming to University being an exception. I am still struggling with the differences in University and school, for example being a lot more independent in your studies. This causes me some stress but I wouldn’t say a massive amount.

To combat my stress, I believe that I have to be organised and keep on track with the workload given. Being in control of my workload will decrease my stress levels massively and keep me up to date with my Modules.

At Risk Behaviours & Society

During this weeks lecture, we firstly explored at risk behaviour. In society, there are 6 at risk behaviours which can put an individual in danger. These are as follows;
– Injuries
– Use of tobacco
– Alcohol and drug use
– Sexual behaviours
– Diet
– Lack of physical activity
As a student teacher I found this lecture extremely relevant as you need to be aware of these behaviours in order to prevent them in children. By educating children on the risks of these behaviours, they are much more likely to live longer, happier lives.
After this, we explored The Glasgow Effect which is a study which compares Glasgow to two other main cities – Manchester and Liverpool. The document explores how morality is linked to poor health and low income. The results show the deprivation levels of these cities are almost identical. Despite this, premature deaths in Glasgow are more than 30% higher, with all deaths around 15% higher than in the other cities. This means there must be another factor contributing to this. Upon further reading I found some shocking statistics – deaths of those living in Glasgow (in comparison to residents of Liverpool and Manchester) were 27% higher in relation to lung cancer, almost 70% higher for suicide, 2.3 times higher for alcohol-related causes, and almost 2.5 times higher for drug-related poisonings. All of these illnesses often relate to ill health and bad habits such as smoking, alcohol intake and drug intake. This shows that Glasgow and Scots are in fact more unhealthy than the rest of the UK.

Inclusion and Equality – Focus on Disability

From todays lecture and seminars, we established that a disability can range from a very small impairment to something much larger which prohibits an individual from many activities and events. In todays society, we have come a long way and are well on our way to equality. I learned how important it is to address and spend the extra time going above and beyond to make sure that any individual with a disability has the same chances as those who dont.
One thing which took me a while to understand further was the thinking model and universal design. For me, this is new material and is something I hadn’t been exposed to before. I found the language in the lecture slides was quite complex and so I took it upon myself to access other resources and ask my peers for advice which furthered my understanding. In regards to the language used in the slides, I also found that I was very unfamiliar and uneducated on the language used when speaking about disability and is something that Is fundamental when becoming a teacher. It is inevitable that I will come across a child with a disability and so I need to make sure I possess the correct language when addressing the child, their parents and higher authorises to project the most efficient response.
As a whole, I understood and really enjoyed this input as I know how relevant it will be in my future life and career.

Inclusion and Equality

In this lecture we discussed what inclusion is and what it can lead do. From my understanding, I think inclusion is the antidote of exclusion – including everyone, of all backgrounds, religions and cultures in a society and community. Through promotion of inclusion of every individual – we are well on our way to helping society reach equality. We then learned about the Equality Act 2010 which was introduced on the 1st October 2010. It provides a UK-wide legislation which aims to protect the rights of individuals, advance equality of opportunity, and promote a fair and more equal society. This helps eliminate exclusion, harassment and discrimination.
After todays input, I have understood that there is a difference in inclusion and equality however they work in unison. I did not fully understand PCS analysis and have been doing further reading and have been taking more time to understand the lecture slides on moodle so I can put this into practise in the future.
This lecture opened my eyes to the importance of inclusion in society and how prevalent it is in the 21st century. As a teacher, I will be exposed to children of all backgrounds and I want them to feel at home and all equal when they enter my classroom each morning. This input has given me the knowledge, current termination and motivation to make sure I apply this in my future career.