PSY 100 Application Assignment: Stress and Health Profile After taking this course, it would be impossible to see things, especially people or myself, in the same way. Regardless of whether or not the intention of the class is to provide self-improvement information, it would be impossible for the student to ignore the problems, ailments, etc., identified in this fast-paced plethora of information. Of course, what the student decides to retain is obviously subjective; which lead us to the application of stress and health profiles. After completing the provided scales and associated assessment, it would be difficult not to realize how we can improve our lives by making small changes to the way we live. I, for one, have personalized much of this information, something I probably couldn't have done, at least to the same level, when I was a young adult. The overall score for Scale 1: Stressed? he was fourteen (14). The average for someone in my age range, gender, and marital status is around 12,367. Obviously that's a higher number than I would like it to be. Or is it? While this may have surprised me at first, it would be ridiculous for me to claim ignorance. For some time now I have been trying to work on the problems that increase my stress and to change my way of living to avoid stress and achieve a healthier lifestyle. I have a long way to go. A couple of years ago I managed to reduce my weight from 285 pounds. at 201. I was working out and feeling good. However, the ingrained patterns of my previous behavior managed to slowly seduce me towards the larger portion, higher calorie foods that I have always loved. For someone my age, and at the stress level I “can't” work, it could be fatal in… middle of paper… may do the same thing, expect a different result. Emotional intelligence is an incredible concept in theory. I don't know much about this, but I think I could use the equivalent prescribed for a 47-year-old Hispanic male, trying to address his hereditary traits passed down from Euro-Iberian (32%) to Native American (24.5%), and also the 2.7% Neanderthal in me. I only wish I could have put in the time and energy that this class truly deserved. Unfortunately, due to my emotional self, in the late 80's and 90's, I made some very poor and highly emotional decisions that prevented me from understanding that in the society of instant gratification, he who falls victim to his own lack of control maybe he will wake up. decades later with a thirst for self-realization and self-understanding. This lesson answered so many questions and yet stimulated my mind to ask so many more.