Thanks https://www.emilynagoski.com/come-as-you-are-worksheets # Stress Worksheet ## Top Stressors 1. ____________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________ ## How I can tell I’m stressed: ### Physical Symptoms of Stress (e.g., digestive upset, jaw tension, etc) - ____________________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________________ ### Emotional Symptoms of Stress (e.g., tearful, easily frustrated, etc) - ____________________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________________ ### Cognitive Symptoms of Stress (e.g., distracted, unfocused, etc) - ____________________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________________ ## When I’m feeling stressed, overwhelmed, or exhausted, here’s what helps: - ____________________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________________ ## Increasing Access to Stress Management Strategy **Of the things you just identified, choose one (for now) to think about what it would take to increase your access to it.** Suppose, hypothetically, you decided you wanted to use this stress management strategy more. What might be some challenges you’d face if you tried to use this stress management strategy more? - ____________________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________________ And what are some things you might do to minimize those barriers, if you decided to try using this stress management strategy more? - ____________________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________________ - ____________________________________________________________ ### Importance **How IMPORTANT is it to you to increase your access to this stress management strategy?** 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - What makes it that important, rather than a little less important? ____________________________________________________________ - What could potentially happen that would make it MORE important? ____________________________________________________________ ### Confidence **How CONFIDENT do you feel that, if you decided to increase your access to this stress management strategy, you could?** 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 - What makes you that confident, rather than a little less confident? ____________________________________________________________ - What could potentially happen that would make you feel MORE confident? ____________________________________________________________ ### Action Step **Given all of that, what’s one thing you will do TODAY that can move you just one step closer to being able to use this stress management strategy more?** - ____________________________________________________________