HOW YOU SCORED

YOU SCORED

0-4 YES ANSWERS
Your stress is within manageable limits and unlikely to have any effect on your health. Maybe you haven't been completely honest? Pretending all is well when it isn't doesn't pay in the long term, and if you don't deal with any sources of stress in your life they will simply get worse.

5-9 YES ANSWERS
You can probably just about cope most of the time, but it is worth taking a closer look at what's causing the stress. Consider what you can change and what steps you can take to help you live with what you  can do nothing about for now. It is bound to take time to recover from a bereavement or the end of a relationship, for example, and you can't always reduce work-related stress overnight. However, you can make  up your mind to take more exercise, say no to unreasonable demands from others and put more effort into cultivating a circle of supportive friends and relatives with whom you can share your worries.

10-14 YES ANSWERS
If you go on like this, your mental and physical health is likely to be badly affected, if it isn't already. You may be feeling too bad to tackle the situation on your own: if you don't have a supportive and practical friend or relative to turn to, consider making an appointment with your doctor or with a professional counsellor. Make sorting out your life top