STRESS BASICS

A POSITIVE LIFE Publication by Dr. James F. Hubbard

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Stress Inventory

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Use the following numbers to score yourself on the first 25 items below:

1 - less than once monthly
2 - about once a month
3 - more than once a month

How Often Do You:

___1. experience headaches?
___2. find it difficult to wake up and get out of bed in the morning?
___3. feel rushed to get somewhere?
___4. worry over an experience that has already happened to you?
___5. worry over something that might happen to you?
___6. feel your heart pounding for several minutes?
___7. experience itching rashes that last for several days?
___8. feel aches in your muscles?
___9. have colds or other respiratory infections?
___10. experience digestive difficulties?
___11. have choking sensations?
___12. experience watery bowels?
___13. get up during the night to urinate?
___14. feel tired?
___15. feel restless and cannot relax?
___16. have difficulty getting to sleep?
___17. experience long and continuous dreaming?
___18. feel edgy and snap at people?
___19. have feelings of blues and sadness?
___20. have difficulty remembering what you read?
___21. have difficulty maintaining sustained attention to a lecturer or TV program?
___22. feel like telling someone off, but you don’t?
___23. actually tell someone off in no uncertain terms?
___24. have to push yourself to get something accomplished?
___25. have to do something that you have no enjoyment in?

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___26. How long does it take you to get over a difficult experience?
1) one day 2) a week 3) a month 4) longer than a month
___27. How often do you use alcohol?
1) not at all 2) maybe twice a year 3) usually only on weekends 4) almost every day
___28. How many cigarettes do you smoke each day?
1) none at all 2) less than a pack 3) more than a pack
___29. How often do you get 30 to 60 minutes of relaxing exercise?
1) daily 2) one a week 3) at least once a month 4) hardly ever
___30. How often do you drink coffee or tea?
1) not at all 2) once a day 3) twice a day 4) more than twice daily
___31. How often do you consume soft drinks?
1) never 2) once or twice daily
___32. How often do you eat a green salad?
1) twice daily 2) once daily 3) less often than once a day
___33. How often do you eat fruit or consume fruit juice?
1) twice daily 2) once daily 3) twice weekly 4) once weekly
___34. How often do you use over-the-counter drugs (aspirin, laxatives, cold remedies, etc.)?
1) hardly ever 2) once or twice annually 3) at least once a month
___35. How often do you use diet drinks or diet foods?
1) daily 2) once or twice a week 3) once a month 4) never
___36. How often do you have temper outbursts?
1) hardly ever 2) twice a year 3) once a month 4) every day

Scoring:
Under 60 Points = Low Stress Level
61 to 80 Points - Medium Stress Level
Above 81 Points - High Stress Level

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