Non-work stressors | Categories | Explanation |
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Death of a family member | Loss of parent, sibling, grandparent, ex-partner or a sibling-in-law. Varying time has passed since the loss, but it is reported to be a stressor related to the current exhaustion. Some patients reported more than one loss as a reason, and one patient had experienced three losses that were reported as being related to his/her exhaustion. | |
Caring for a family member | When caring for an adult or child in the family with 1) a somatic condition such as meningitis, diabetes, asthma or cancer, or 2) a mental/psychiatric condition such as ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), Asperger’s Syndrome, depression, bipolar disorder, self-injurious or suicidal behaviours and acting out behaviours. | |
Single parent | Having sole responsibility for one’s children. | |
Relational conflicts | Conflicts with family members such as partner, child, parents, parents-in-law, ex-partners or siblings. | |
Separation | When a separation was reported as a factor contributing to the current exhaustion. The separations were dated from two months up to ten years back in time. | |
Change in family composition | Stressors related to gaining new family members or having a family member move out | |
Worries about one’s health | Extensive worry about ones own health, in some cases due to having a hereditary fatal disease in the family. | |
Personal injury or illness | Exceptional worries due to the patient suffering from chronic illness such as diabetes, herpes zoster, cervical cell changes, benign paroxysmal, urticaria, or suffering from the aftermath of a miscarriage or a fall trauma. | |
Financial worries | For example financial worries due to being unemployed or having temporary jobs | |
Residential stressor | Stressors related to a change in housing situation, i.e. moving or building a new house or a stressor related to having practical problems with one’s residence, i.e. repairs or construction work. | |
Voluntary engagement in associations | Having an overload of voluntary engagements in associations, sports clubs etc. | |
Legal matter | Legal conflict or similar ongoing process. | |
Loneliness | Experiencing living alone/not having a partner as a stressor. |