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Understanding Stress TestsA stress test can be a Key to Improving Your Health You want to take a stress test to see how stressed you are? But you’re already stressed. Oh, so you want to know to what degree you are stressed. I see. You want to quantify your stress level. Alright, here you go: The following is a SYMPTOM stress test. All you do is add up the number of the following choices below. The key is on the bottom. Headache Backache Tight muscles Neck or shoulder pain Jaw tension Muscle cramps Nervous stomach Nausea Insomnia Fatigue Cold hands/feet Pressure in head High blood pressure Diarrhea Skin condition Allergies Teeth grinding Digestive disorders Stomach pain Constipation Hypoglycemia Appetite change Colds/flu Heavy perspiration Rapid heart beat Nervous habit Psychological effects of stress Anxiety Depression Confusion Irrational fears Compulsive behavior Forgetfulness Feeling overwhelmed Hyperactivity Mood swings Loneliness Relationship problems Unhappy at work Difficulty concentrating Irritability Restlessness Boredom Worrying Guilt Volatile temper Crying spells Nightmares Apathy Sexual problems Weight change Overeating Use of stimulants Number of items 0-7 8-14 15-21 22 + Stress level Low Moderate High Extreme So now, what's your stress score? How do you feel about your stress level? Did you know, a little bit of stress is actually good for you? But, when is it a problem? Let's take another stress test. This one deals more with your life in general. Take it and we'll talk later. If you want a break read stress management for more information. SCORING Never……………….. No Stress Rarely………………. Low Stress Occasionally………...Moderate Stress Frequently………….. High Stress Always…………….....Extreme Stress When you can see your stress written in front of you, you have something concrete to deal with. Watch this. Say you woke up late this morning and you ripped both socks. You didn’t have time to change them and you left your house in a rush. Every step you made caused you an uncomfortable feeling; a loose-sock-in-your-shoe-feeling. As the day progressed it got worse; your socks slide down into your shoes and you had to take them off and rearrange them multiple times. This situation was getting on your nerves when, fortunately, you were sitting in solitude and happened to take one of my stress tests. But unfortunately, the stress test did not have “ripped socks” on it anywhere. You went down the list. What caught your attention, however were the other stresses in your life that you tried to forget or didn’t bother to remember: family, work, money, health, and all of a sudden the ripped socks didn’t matter. They weren’t even close to the least stressful topic. The ripped socks fell into a category of annoyance, because things of this type… HAVE AN END IN SIGHT. This will be over! The importance of the stress test is to quantify the stress in your life, the real stresses we’re talking about, and focus on de-fusing them. Fortunately, we have access to the best de-stress resources ever. But you have to focus on the real stresses, not the ones made up. The real stresses are not going anywhere anytime too soon. The annoyances will fade away. Use the stress test as a powerful tool to pinpoint your major stresses and use your time and energy on these. Figure out how to handle “ripped sock” issues and look hard at the real issues that are at stake. In fact Article Tags: Stress Test Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com
ABOUT THE AUTHORDr Peter Lind is a practicing chiropractor utilizing newly developed procedures and protocols to remove the affects of stress on the body. He continues helping hundreds of people on his website http://www.stress-less-living.com 
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