- Are you finding yourself restless and seemingly unable to relax?
- Are you irritable and given to anger if things don’t go your way?
- Do you have periods of prolonged or excessive fatigue?
- Do you have difficulty concentrating?
- Have you lost interest in your usual recreational activities?
- Are you worried about things that worry can’t help?
- Are you working excessively, even if not entirely effectively?
- Are you taking more and more work home?
- Are you smoking more? Drinking more?
- Do you suspect now and again that you are losing or have lost perspective on what’s really important in your job and family areas, and maybe in life?[i]
[i] Excerpted form Sal Marino’s Straight Talk column “The Stress Epidemic,” Industry Week, April 7, 1997, p. 14.