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Stress Awareness Tool

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The EAP offers a variety of resources for creating & maintaining personal balance and wellbeing. The following Awareness Tools can be helpful in identifying an individual’s strengths and vulnerabilities. If you have questions about your results or are interested in additional information on a given topic, contact us at any time. 24-hours per day, 7-days per week, we’re here for you and your family members.

This online self-assessment tool does not diagnose or directly measure your level of stress. Based on your responses to the questions below, it indicates the extent to which you could be vulnerable to stress-related problems associated with a contemporary lifestyle.

Stress is a physical and psychological phenomenon. It can negatively influence your health, quality of life, and interactions with others (partners, family members, friends, co-workers, supervisor, etc.). Stress triggers an automatic “fight or flight” alarm in the human brain, which occurs in response to difficult or threatening situations. This “built in” response is intended to help people avoid or manage (real or imagined) situations or threats , whether the setting is at work, at home, in rest or at play.

Low to moderate levels of stress can be motivating and contribute to individual success and accomplishment. Distress is most frequently experienced when the demands, expectations, responsibilities and requirements on an individual are greater than his or her knowledge, experience, skills, coping abilities, or available resources. Chronic or acute distress is negative and can be overwhelming - leading to exhaustion, impaired work performance , mood changes, impaired sleep, injury, illness, mental health problems, and relationship difficulties.

DISCLAIMER: This awareness tool is intended to increase recognition of stress and the lifestyle factors that frequently contribute to stress. This awareness tool is not to be used to diagnose or measure stress. A thorough evaluation by your physician or other care provider is required to diagnose clinical anxiety or stress-related health problems.

INSTRUCTIONS: Read each sentence carefully and then select the response that best describes how you have felt over the past two months.

1.	I get at least 6 to 8 hours of restful, uninterrupted sleep each night.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
2.	I make time to enjoy at least 1 healthy, nutritionally balanced meal each day.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
3.	I drink caffeinated beverages (coffee, tea, or soda) throughout the day and evening.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
4.	I tend to have a short fuse or become impatient/irritated when things don’t go as I expect them to.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
5.	When I am busy at work or have deadlines I have difficulty making time for or enjoying leisure activities.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
6.	I exercise (walk, jog, swim, bike, or participate in a sport) for at least 20 minutes three times a week.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
7.	I feel that I am able to effectively manage and perform my duties, assignments and projects at work, home or school.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
8.	At the end of the day I relax and spend time doing things other than thinking about work, school or financial responsibilities.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
9.	I tend to avoid or put off doing necessary tasks (meetings, conversations, chores, deadlines, etc.) that I find unpleasant.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time
10.	I find it easy to ask others (co-workers, supervisor, friends or family members) for assistance when I need a helping hand.
	Almost Never Rarely Sometimes Quite Often Most of the Time

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