How Stressed Are You, Really? The Quiz That Can Help You Figure It Out
We all have a little stress in our day-to-today—and that's actually not a bad thing. Stress can release doses of adrenaline that are linked to brain health benefits and can even boost your immunity with a dose of the hormone cortisol.
But too much prolonged stress isn't a good thing—it can impact your own health (in that it's possibly bad for your immune, cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, and central nervous systems), and it can even negatively impact your relationships. So it's always a good thing to have a pulse check to see how stressed out you really are—because it's easy to chalk up your anxiety to something else.
That's why this test that was developed for National Stress Awareness Day (today!) from the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, via the BBC, is cool. You answer questions like, "How often do you find yourself being irritable with friends and family" and "Do you ever feel nauseous without being unwell," scoring each from zero to four. What's especially neat is the test explains why each question is asked—for example, "Stress can often cause people to feel sick and nauseous."
I scored a 19 out of 32, which means I have "medium stress," and that I "may not always be coping with the day-to-day pressure [I am] under." (Sounds just about right, unfortunately. Looks like I have a date with some tea and yoga in my near future!)
But too much prolonged stress isn't a good thing—it can impact your own health (in that it's possibly bad for your immune, cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, and central nervous systems), and it can even negatively impact your relationships. So it's always a good thing to have a pulse check to see how stressed out you really are—because it's easy to chalk up your anxiety to something else.
That's why this test that was developed for National Stress Awareness Day (today!) from the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, via the BBC, is cool. You answer questions like, "How often do you find yourself being irritable with friends and family" and "Do you ever feel nauseous without being unwell," scoring each from zero to four. What's especially neat is the test explains why each question is asked—for example, "Stress can often cause people to feel sick and nauseous."
I scored a 19 out of 32, which means I have "medium stress," and that I "may not always be coping with the day-to-day pressure [I am] under." (Sounds just about right, unfortunately. Looks like I have a date with some tea and yoga in my near future!)
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