Find Your Stress Archetype!By cmcgov1234 / March 7, 2023 Name Email 1. How often do you feel affected by stress? Never Rarely Sometimes Often Always None 2. On average, how much stress do you experience? Low level Moderate level High Severe None 3. How long would you say you've been experiencing that much stress? 1 day here and there Weeks Months Years I can't remember a time I was not feeling a lot of stress None 4. Which of these contribute to your average, ongoing stress levels? Physical issues (injury, health, illness) Work or job-related Relationships (marriage, family, friendships) Traumatic event(s) (recent or past) Emotional (e.g. anxiety, depression, PTSD) Psychological Financial Big changes happening in my life Too much to do and not enough time to do it Grief 5. Do you ever feel physically exhausted after a long day at work? never rarely sometimes often always None 6. How often do you feel emotionally or psychologically exhausted after a long day at work? never rarely sometimes often always None 7. Do you ever have any physical symptoms related to stress, such as headaches, muscle tension or even digestive issues? never rarely sometimes often always None 8. Do you ever feel anxious or worried, even when there is no immediate cause for concern? never rarely sometimes often always None 9. Do you have trouble concentrating when you are aware you are feeling "stressed"? never rarely sometimes often always None 10. Do you struggle to fall asleep, or to stay asleep, at night? never rarely sometimes often always None 11. How often do you feel like you can't cope with or manage your stress? never rarely sometimes often always None 12. Does stress affects your relationships? never rarely sometimes often always None 13. How often do you self-soothe or self-medicate to cope with your stress? (this may include any coping mechanisms for emotional escape, such as food, alcohol, drugs, compulsive gambling, binge-watching to escape, etc) never rarely sometimes often always None 14. You realize you won't be able to pay your credit card this month so you: dwell on the lack of money to pay the bill, worrying for weeks and beating yourself for not being more responsible binge watch a season of your favourite show to take your mind off your money worries call and cancel all your plans with friends because you have to put that money on your bill instead of entertainment for the next month proactively look at your budget and work out how you can avoid this happening in future. get mad at yourself and slam things around for the rest of the day None 15. Your boss tells you he needs you to work this Saturday so your company can meet a deadline for a new customer. You already have plans that afternoon with your best friend, who you haven't seen for months because you've been too busy working. Plus weekends are your time to run your errands, clean your house and do your grocery shopping. What do you do? run your errands and do your grocery shopping on a weeknight and ask your friend to meet at nights, so you can make both your boss and friend happy Cancel with your friend (again!), worrying this just might be the last time they let you cancel on them for work Call a friend to vent, which leads to a fight about being "responsible" plot out a hyper detailed timeline to get everything done on Saturday! tell your boss you already have plans and cannot come in on Saturday and don't go in None 16. A few hours after eating you feel a weird and persistent pain in your stomach that you've never felt before. You: start googling "weird stomach pains" and get anxious about all the possible causes ignore it and hope it will go away get mad at yourself or your partner for cooking things that make your ulcer worse drink some ginger ale and hope it settles down, but not a big deal if it doesn't Call your mom, who is a nurse, and ask her advice because she loves it when you do that. None 17. Your mother calls you and is asking why you and your parnter won't be coming "home" for the holidays this year. You know you already explained you will be spending them with your partner's family this year. So, now you: Tell her again you can't make it and then feel guilty for weeks about letting her down. You tell her you'll talk with your partner - knowing you won't even bring it up to your partner. Get into a fight with your mom on the phone. Tell her you will try to be in both places, then go and start to make the travel arrangements. Keep your existing plans and set up a different date to visit with your mom None Thank you! Your results are on their way to your inbox. Time's up
