Stress warning signs

Last updated at 14:42 07 April 2004


The stress checklist has 23 possible symptoms. If you suffer from more than five then you could be suffering from stress and should seek advice on how to manage it.

  • Feeling sweaty or shivery

  • Pounding heart or palpitations

  • Needing to go to the toilet a lot more than normal

  • Feeling sick in the stomach ('having butterflies')

  • Dry mouth

  • Exhaustion

  • Odd aches and pains

  • Smoking and drinking more

  • Working to exhaustion

  • Headaches

  • No time for hobbies any more

  • Being irritable at everything

  • Thinking "I can't cope anymore"

  • Loss of appetite for food, fun or sex

  • Eating too much or too little

  • Loss of sense of humour

  • Loss of interest in personal appearence

  • Loss of interest in people

  • A feeling that everything is pointless

  • Tearfulness

  • Forgetfulness

  • Feeling tired with no energy

  • Difficulty in sleeping, disturbed sleep and waking up unusually early

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