Below is a list of problems that people sometimes have in response to a very stressful experience.
Trauma can come from one single source, or many smaller experiences. Your "stressful experience" here can be anything that's up for you, like childhood abuse; lifelong marginalization; a car accident; poverty; emotional abuse; family dysfunction; being fired; or even "I can't put my finger on it, I just feel like this a lot."
Please read each problem below carefully, and then choose a response to indicate how much you have been bothered by that problem in the past month.
Not at all: Zero times in the past month.
A little bit: Once. Or a few times, if it feels like a very minor problem.
Moderately: At least twice in the past month; up to a third of the days. A definite presence in your life.
Quite a bit: At least twice a week, on average. Difficult to manage, and at times, overwhelming.
Extremely: A common part of your everyday life. Pervasive, unmanageable, and overwhelming.
In the past month, how much did you find yourself:
