Patent ID: 8747311

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for evaluating a cumulative level of distress and eustress on an individual, the method implemented on a measuring device by software instructions contained in a memory coupled to a computer processor and including a user interface having a display means and an input means, comprising: providing a negative and a positive graded scale on the measuring device, the scale being moveable with respect to a cursor displayed on the measuring device; determining a time interval for recording emotional responses by the individual to life events and entering the time interval into the measuring device by the input means; judging and assigning positive and negative numeric measures of emotional responses perceived by the individual to each instance of life events during the determined time interval and entering the positive and negative numeric measures into the measuring device by the input means; accumulating the numeric measures of the emotional responses perceived by the individual during the determined time interval by the measuring device; displaying and evaluating the level of distress and eustress on the individual during the determined time interval based on the accumulated numeric measures of emotional responses perceived during the determined time interval by the individual; and using the displayed level of distress and eustress as a reference to change and balance emotional reactions to life events by the individual.