How stressed are you?
Take the stress test below to determine your stress levels.
For a complete list of the mental, emotional and phsyical symptoms of stress, click here.
This stress quiz is a powerful way of determining if you have a problem and helping you to identify the symptoms of stress.
Put a check in the column that best describes your behavior/symptoms for the past 12 months of your life. The instructions for adding up your scores are further below.
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Symptoms |
Never 1 |
Sometimes 2 |
Often 3 |
Always 4 |
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| 10.I have lost interest in activities that I used to find pleasurable. | ||||
| 11.I feel like crying for no reason | ||||
| 12.I have become indifferent and uncaring | ||||
| 13.I have become absent-minded and accident prone | ||||
| 14.I use caffeine, nicotine, alcohol and/or other drugs to try and cope | ||||
| 15.I find it hard to make decisions | ||||
| 16.I indulge in negative self-talk | ||||
| 17.I find it difficult to concentrate | ||||
| 18.My heart races | ||||
| 19.I have nervous habits e.g., biting my nails, grinding my teeth, tapping my feet, pulling my hair, wringing my hands, fidgeting, pacing, etc. | ||||
| 20.My muscles become tense for no reason | ||||
| 21.I feel anxious and/or sweat for no obvious reason | ||||
| 22.My work performance has declined and I seldom finish anything | ||||
| 23.I just feel like “copping out” | ||||
| 24.I have sleeping problems (problems falling asleep, problems remaining asleep, nightmares, etc.) | ||||
| 25.I eat too much or too little. | ||||
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Add up your total score:
Column 1 Never = 1 point Column 2 Sometimes = 2 points Column 3 Often = 3 points Column 4 Always = 4 points
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Total score out of 100 points
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Interpreting your score
A score of 26-50 points indicates a low degree of stress
A score of 51-75 points indicates a moderate degree of stress
A score of 75-100 points indicates a high degree of stress
To reduce stress, help restore calm, use my hypnosis audio program, Relax Now
or my hypnosis audio program, Get Over It.
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