What, me worry?
As a reaction to me telling them about the current set of changes in my life, someone pointed me to the Holmes-Rahe Scale as a way of measuring my current stress level. Personally, I most enjoyed going through the effects of too much stress listed there to see which ones rang a bell.
- Concentration and attention span decrease
- What, like randomly clicking through my email without having received anything new, or swapping between tabs in my browser and not knowing why I opened them? Or perhaps staring at the Holmes-Rahe list, trying to remember a whole point before switching back to the window where I’m typing this?
- Short- and long-term memory deteriorate
- Michaela will be able to provide you with a long list of things I keep forgetting. Me, I don’t remember what they were anymore.
- Drug abuse increases
- Food is my drug, and it looks like my weight is slowly creeping upwards again.
- Sleep patterns are disrupted
- The time is currently 02:08. At this time, I would normally have been asleep for three hours already.
Looking at another site for the Holmes-Rahe Scale, I am also told that I have an 80% chance of serial physical illness within 2 years. I feel that is a great way to help someone dealing with lots of stress. 
What’s happening? I really can’t remember anymore. Oh wait, there’s something about us getting married, moving to Copenhagen but not having found a flat yet, and me having to find a new job there. So it’s only a few small things, really. Any hints would be gratefully accepted. =)
