How Are You Coping With Stress Now?

Questionnaire

Prevention/Preparation - Do You .........

keep fit?
get enough good quality sleep?
eat sensible and watch your weight?
regularly take exercise?
anticipate stressful events and prepare yourself for dealing with them?
plan a general strategy for getting through a stressful event?

Coping/Reducing Anxiety - Do You .........

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consciously try to relax?
consciously breathe deeply?
keep your emotions under control?
discuss your feelings with others?
keep cool and refuse to be rushed into anything?
ask others to help you?
sound off to a 'safe' friend or colleague?
make a decision and then stick to it?

Problem Solving Activities - Do You .........

seek more information about the problem?
set priorities and do what you can?
clarify what is expected of you?
challenge unreasonable demands?
ask colleagues for help?
ask your supervisor for help?
discuss problems with colleagues?
tell your supervisor how you are feeling?
talk about it to someone outside work?
refuse to dwell on it, when it is over?

Making Demands on the Organisation - Do You .........

ask for training about specific issues?
ask for clarification about priorities and procedures?
ask for more supervision?
ask for formal support systems to be set up?

If you answered 'yes' to all the questions, you are very good at managing stress. If you had a number of 'no's', these indicate areas where you could take action to improve your stress management