Excerpted from Healing Anxiety with Herbs, the best seller by noted author and psychiatrist Dr. Harold Bloomfield M.D. (Healing Anxiety with Herbs, 1998© HarperCollins.)

Instructions: Indicate how strongly you agree with each of the following statements on a scale from 0 to 3:

0 = never
1 = sometimes
2 = often
3 = always

I have trouble relaxing.
I get frustrated when people are incompetent.
I feel tense and rushed.
I worry about work and other problems.
I have difficulty falling asleep.
I feel grief or loss.
I am exhausted by daily demands at work and home.
I feel stuck in a rat race.
No matter how hard I try, I never feel caught up.
I feel burdened by financial obligations.
I am under strain at work.
I feel lonely and uninvolved.
I am embarrassed to ask for assistance.
I feel overwhelmed by my responsibilities.
I can't stand criticism.
I'm afraid I'll lose my job or my livelihood.
People let me down.
No matter what I achieve, I feel dissatisfied.
I stew in my anger rather than express it.
I feel apprehensive about the future.
My stress is caused by forces beyond my control.
I feel pressured by my commitments.
I have difficulty delegating.
I feel like running away.
My mind is churning and busy.

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