QT3 Health Campaign: STRESS

So today in the conference room we had a little get together in regard to our quarterly health issue, stress. It was a quick, informative presentation that will quickly be forgotten. But on the upside, we had two brief stress tests that measured how susceptible we are to stress-related illness.

The first test was a list of 40 "symptoms" if you will. For each of these you needed to rate yourself on a scale of 0-5, excluding 3. These number coincided with how much a problem these "symptoms" are for you.

For example, one of these is "Obsessive Worrying." You can rate it not being a problem for you, up to it being a severe problem that happens often.

Out of the 40 things, and with a high score (which would be bad) of 200... I only scored 18. Anything more than 20 would indicate you should participate is some sort of activity to help lower the stress in your life.

The second test was a list of 42 life events that may have occurred to you within the past 2 years. Each event was given a point total. You make a mark by each event, and total up your score. I scored a 127, which means I have a low susceptibility to stress-related illness. Anything over 300 would have been very bad.

If you are curious about you own stress level, there is a great online test over at StressLess.com. Click HERE to get there.