Test Your Stress Level

[littlemissmartypants]

https://www.bemindfulonline.com/test-your-stress

Understanding your current level of stress is the first step in taking control.

Complete this simple stress test to measure the stress in your life.

This stress test uses the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). It forms part of a wider-ranging self-assessment undertaken by participants of the Be Mindful course.

How this Stress Test works

This stress test uses the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Originally created by Cohen et al (1983), it is a highly recognised psychological tool for measuring the perception of stress that's clinically validated and widely used by the NHS and other reputable medical services. It forms part of a wider-ranging self-assessment undertaken by participants of the Be Mindful course, which also includes tests for Depression (PHQ9) and Anxiety (GAD7).

The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) measures the degree to which situations in your life are perceived as stressful. The series of questions have been designed to assess how unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overloaded you feel your life to be, as well as a direct questione about your current level of experienced stress.

The PSS questions ask about thoughts and feelings during the last month. They are easy to understand and are of a general nature. This makes the test relatively free from bias for or against any specific subpopulation group.


Test and score can be found at the link...
https://www.bemindfulonline.com/test-your-stress

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[littlemissmartypants]

1. My score at 24 suggests my stress level is moderate. ❤️

[True Dough]

2. I got 15

Too low! I guess I'll have to work on being more stressed!

[rubbersole]

3. Watch faux news from 7 - 11pm.

[True Dough]

4. That would

send me off the charts! I think I'll avoid that. Might be better off taking on a second and third job to ramp up the stress.

[slightlv]

5. My stress level is 31

and this is pretty normal for me. No wonder I walk around with a headache most of the time!

[BigmanPigman]

6. Ask this while I was a teacher and

it would be off the charts. That much constant stress makes a person more prone to illnesses and is one of the reasons I had to stop teaching. Three doctors said it was mentally and physically killing me. I am considered "disabled" by doctors and the state.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

7. I got a 1. I am totally unstressed.

Which might explain why I am not as good as I should be about being sympathetic, understanding, or compassionate to those who are stressed. I need to work on myself.

[Bayard]

8. 16 puts me in the moderate range

It would be twice that high before I retired.