Stress has always been with us. It comes in the form of change, both good (getting married and buying a house) and bad (illness and divorce). The Life Changes Stress Test developed in the 1960s to assess the relative severity of stress generated by various life changes, has recently been re-calibrated to reflect changes in the world in the past 40 years. The result of this re-calibration has revealed that certain life events have become significantly more stressful for us.
A survey of over l300 adult Americans, conducted by the Southern Institute of Research based in Richmond, Virginia, determined that, compared to the l960s, the death of a friend, being laid off, having a baby, getting a ticket, and traveling are all more significantly stressful today. Getting a divorce was one type of change that has become less stressful.
It is possible that this remarkable gift of life itself with all the privileges that are ours works within us to create a climate of guilt in failing to do more to create the change needed to clean up Mother Earth. Instead of grasping more there will come a climate of giving more and thus contribute more to develop a whole new attitude for all. And less stress for all as well.
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