This is an adaptation of the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale. I think you'll find it interesting to check your own score to figure out what your risk is of experiencing depression related to stressful life events. Each situation listed has a rating. Add together all the ones that apply to you during the last 12 months. If you have had certain events happen twice, double the score, etc. The higher your rating, the higher your risk for depression due to stressful life events.
http://www.teachhealth.com/#stressscale Your Stress Scale
In the following table you can look up representative changes in your life and see how much stress value each of these changes is adding to your life. NOTE ANY ITEM THAT YOU MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS. Then, total up your score.
(Adapted from the "Social Readjustment Rating Scale" by Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe. This scale was first published in the "Journal of Psychosomatic Research", Copyright 1967, vol.II p. 214. It is used by permission of Pergamon Press Ltd.)
STRESS EVENT VALUES
1. DEATH OF SPOUSE 100
2. DIVORCE 60
3. MENOPAUSE 60
4. SEPARATION FROM LIVING PARTNER 60
5. JAIL TERM OR PROBATION 60
6. DEATH OF CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER OTHER THAN SPOUSE 60
7. SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY OR ILLNESS 45
8. MARRIAGE OR ESTABLISHING LIFE PARTNERSHIP 45
9 .FIRED AT WORK 45
10.MARITAL OR RELATIONSHIP RECONCILIATION 40
11.RETIREMENT 40
12.CHANGE IN HEALTH OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER 40
13.WORK MORE THAN 40 HOURS PER WEEK 35
14.PREGNANCY OR CAUSING PREGNANCY 35
15.SEX DIFFICULTIES 35
16.GAIN OF NEW FAMILY MEMBER 35
17.BUSINESS OR WORK ROLE CHANGE 35
18.CHANGE IN FINANCIAL STATE 35
19.DEATH OF A CLOSE FRIEND (not a family member) 30
20.CHANGE IN NUMBER OF ARGUMENTS WITH SPOUSE OR LIFE PARTNER 30
21.MORTGAGE OR LOAN FOR A MAJOR PURPOSE 25
22.FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE OR LOAN 25
23.SLEEP LESS THAN 8 HOURS PER NIGHT 25
24.CHANGE IN RESPONSIBILITIES AT WORK 25
25.TROUBLE WITH IN-LAWS,OR WITH CHILDREN 25
26.OUTSTANDING PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT 25
27.SPOUSE BEGINS OR STOPS WORK 20
28.BEGIN OR END SCHOOL 20
29.CHANGE IN LIVING CONDITIONS (visitors in the home,
change in roommates, remodeling house) 20
30.CHANGE IN PERSONAL HABITS (diet, exercise,
smoking, etc.) 20
31.CHRONIC ALLERGIES 20
32.TROUBLE WITH BOSS 20
33.CHANGE IN WORK HOURS OR CONDITIONS 15
34.MOVING TO NEW RESIDENCE 15
35.PRESENTLY IN PRE-MENSTRUAL PERIOD 15
36.CHANGE IN SCHOOLS 15
37.CHANGE IN RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES 15
38.CHANGE IN SOCIAL ACTIVITIES (more or less than before) 15
39.MINOR FINANCIAL LOAN 10
40.CHANGE IN FREQUENCY OF FAMILY GET-TOGETHERS 10
41.VACATION 10
42.PRESENTLY IN WINTER HOLIDAY SEASON 10
43.MINOR VIOLATION OF THE LAW 5
