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Stress Test
This short self-check looks at your perceived stress over the past four weeks: how often things felt out of control, how well you could handle what was asked of you, and where your recovery stands. It's our own quick check, modeled on established perceived-stress research and deliberately not a copy of any licensed instrument.
Stress Self-Check
How often have you felt this way during the past four weeks?
What does this check measure?
Ten questions cover the two sides of stress: the load (feeling thrown off balance, difficulties piling up, everything getting to be too much) and your coping resources (handling everyday tasks, staying calm when problems come up, managing your time and energy). The coping questions are reverse-scored, so the total from 0 to 40 reflects net perceived stress. Scores from 14 suggest a noticeable load; 27 and above suggests high current stress.
What does the result mean?
Stress itself isn't an illness. The question is whether load and recovery stay in balance over time. A high score is a prompt to look concretely at your stressors and your recovery: sleep, movement, boundaries, and the one or two demands that dominate everything else. If exhaustion, sleep problems, or depressive symptoms have already set in, take the burnout and depression tests here and consider talking to a professional. Chronic stress is easiest to correct early.
Source
Modeled on perceived-stress research (Cohen et al., Perceived Stress Scale tradition); deliberately not a PSS reproduction. Our own quick check, without validated cutoffs.