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Mental Health Information

littlemissmartypants

(25,483 posts) Sat Oct 29, 2022, 08:12 PM Oct 2022

Test Your Stress Level

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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Test Your Stress Level (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Oct 2022 OP

My score at 24 suggests my stress level is moderate. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Oct 2022 #1

I got 15 True Dough Oct 2022 #2

Watch faux news from 7 - 11pm. rubbersole Oct 2022 #3

That would True Dough Oct 2022 #4

My stress level is 31 slightlv Oct 2022 #5

Ask this while I was a teacher and BigmanPigman Oct 2022 #6

I got a 1. I am totally unstressed. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2022 #7

16 puts me in the moderate range Bayard Oct 2022 #8

28 Mossfern Jun 2024 #9

A thirty-four out of forty, eh? Sounds about right. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sep 24 #10

littlemissmartypants

(25,483 posts)

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

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 08:19 PM

Oct 2022

True Dough

(20,241 posts)

2. I got 15

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 08:23 PM

Oct 2022

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

rubbersole

(8,503 posts)

3. Watch faux news from 7 - 11pm.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 08:28 PM

Oct 2022

True Dough

(20,241 posts)

4. That would

Reply to rubbersole (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 08:33 PM

Oct 2022

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

(4,325 posts)

5. My stress level is 31

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 09:51 PM

Oct 2022

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

BigmanPigman

(52,241 posts)

6. Ask this while I was a teacher and

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 10:01 PM

Oct 2022

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

(26,727 posts)

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

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 10:21 PM

Oct 2022

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.