What i do

Check those that apply to you. It will take about ten minutes to complete. 

• Category One
• __ I am sometimes unable to control my anger.
• __ I often act impulsively, and this causes me great difficulty at times.
• __ I am preoccupied with gambling, and I seem to have trouble controlling that behavior.

• Category Two
• __ Over the past year I have drunk more alcohol or taken more drugs to satisfy my needs.
• __ Over the past year I have tried but been unable to reduce the amount of alcohol, drugs, or  cigarettes I use. 
• __ Over the past year I have had to use increasing amounts of alcohol or drugs to get the  feeling I want.

• Category Three
• __ For at least the past two weeks, I have found it difficult to get any pleasure from daily  activities I used to enjoy. 
• __ For at least the past two weeks,I have been thinking frequently about wanting to die.
• __ For at least the past two weeks, I have felt sad most of every day. 

• Category Four
• __ I have an extreme fear of some object or situation, and I believe this fear is unreasonable.
• __ I am extremely afraid of some object or situation, and that fear interferes with my ability  to function normally. 
• __ I am extremely afraid of some object or situation, and when I am exposed to it, I  experience panic.

• Category Five
• __ I am afraid to be around other people in certain situations, and I realize that my fears may  be unreasonable or excessive.
• __ In certain social situations, I feel extremely anxious. 
• __ I am highly fearful of one or more situations in which I need to interact with people.

• Category Six
• __ I regularly eat a lot and then vomit or use laxatives to prevent weight gain.
• __ I am preoccupied with my weight or body shape, and as a result I eat or exercise in ways  that others find unusual.
• __ I am unwilling or unable to eat enough to maintain a healthy body weight.

• Category Seven
• __ I often find myself having disturbing recollections related to a traumatic event in my past.
• __ I often have disturbing dreams about a terrible experience I had in the past.
• __ I sometimes find myself reliving the horror of an experience in the past.

• Category Eight
• __ For at least the past six months, I have experienced worry and excessive nervousness I find  difficult to control.
• __ For at least the past six months, I have been extremely anxious and worried about a number  of different events and activities. 
• __ For at least the past six months, I have felt unusually restless, fatigued, irritable, or tense.

• Category Nine
• __ Over the past year my mood has sometimes changed without any apparent reason.
• __ My mood shifts rapidly from depressed to elevated for no apparent reason.
• __ Over the past year my mood has shifted quickly more than once from depressed to highly  elevated.

• Category Ten
• __ I repeat certain behaviors or thoughts a lot and I can't seem to stop doing so. 
• __ Certain thoughts occur to me over and over again and cause me anxiety.
• __ I do certain things or think certain things over and over to calm myself or to prevent  something terrible from happening. 

Scoring: if you left all the statements blank, you don't need a therapist. If you checked one item in one or more categories, you might not need a therapist. If you are concerned, you might want to talk with one. If you marked two or three items in one or more categories, you would benefit from seeing a therapist. 

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