Evaluate your mental serenity - isodisnatura

Test serenity

Evaluate the 3 dimensions of your mental serenity

Mental and emotional serenity is associated with resistance to cardiovascular diseases. In certain studies, it even appears to contribute to the reducing obstruction of the arteries.

The first step towards serenity is controlling stress. Stress is one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (heart attack, angina pectoris, hypertension, strokes, etc.). Certain studies suggest that failing to control stress is at least as serious as smoking or having a high blood pressure.

Stress increases the heart rate and blood pressure. It leads to the secretion of adrenaline, which can cause rhythm problems (�arrhythmia�). It increases cholesterol levels. It causes excess blood clotting, which contributes to the formation of clots in the heart arteries. Lastly, stress reduces the capacity of the immune system to cope with infections.

Below you will find:

1) An evaluation of your stress level, in three of its main dimensions (lack of control, hostility, and inner chaos). You will receive a score for each of these dimensions, which will show whether you are in a green zone (the ideal), orange zone (where there are aspects for improvement) or red zone (where changes must be made).

2) An evaluation of how you cope with stress, which should enable you to see how to improve your personal coping capacities;

and lastly 3) a presentation of a few quick and simple methods, whose effectiveness has been proven, to help you control your reactions to life�s inevitable difficulties.

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General instructions

Read each statement and mark whether it represents something you have felt in the last month.

Le test

Did you feel... ?	Seldom	Sometimes	Often
I felt unable to control the important things in my life.
I found myself being irritated by people ahead of me in the supermarket checkout line.
I felt irritated for a while because of other people's incompetence.
I felt confident about my ability to handle my personal problems.
When an elevator didn't come quickly, I found myself pressing the button again and again, or getting irritated by the people who I thought were delaying the elevator on other floors.
I felt that things were going my way.
I remembered irritating incidents and got mad at them all over again.
I used sleeping pills and tranquilizers without a doctor's approval.
I felt frustrated and impatient at the end of my day because of little annoyances that had been piling up all day.
I was careful to take enough rest.
I found myself rehearsing angry words I was going to say because someone didn't show up on time.
I had difficulty making decisions.
I found myself so angry that I've slammed doors or thrown things.
I complained I was disorganized.
I flashed my lights, honked my horn, pounded on the steering wheel, or shouted when someone cut me off in traffic.
I neglected my diet.
I thought of paying a person back who had mistreated me, just for the principle of it.
I found myself in an argument during which I felt my pulse quicken, my breathing change, or my jaws clench.
I was kept awake at night by thinking about what I must do the next day.
I felt difficulties were piling up so high that I could not overcome them.
I found myself doing many small and unimportant tasks that may seem urgent (such as responding to email) rather than making progress on the more important projects.