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A Quick Emotional Stress & Trigger Self-Check

This short self-check is designed to help you reflect on how emotional stress patterns may currently be affecting your nervous system, emotional responses, and daily wellbeing.

Many people carry emotional stress responses long after difficult experiences have passed. This reflection tool may help increase awareness of how those patterns could still be showing up in everyday life.

There are no right or wrong answers.

Estimated time: 2 minutes.

Please answer based on how you genuinely feel most of the time.

1. When you think about a difficult past experience, how intense does it feel in your body?

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2. When something small or unexpected happens, how intense is your emotional reaction?

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3. How strong are your physical reactions (e.g. tension, tight chest, stomach discomfort) when something triggers you?

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4. Once triggered, how intense does the feeling remain before it begins to settle?

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5. When you think about past experiences, how intense do the emotions feel in your body right now?

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6. When feelings of anxiety or unease arise, how intense do they feel in your body?

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7. How intense are your emotional reactions compared to the situation itself?

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8. How strongly do these emotional responses affect your daily life or decisions?

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9. When trying to relax, how strong is the tension or restlessness in your body?

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10. When you consider situations you tend to avoid, how intense is the feeling in your body?

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11. When certain memories or thoughts come up, how emotionally charged do they feel?

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12. When you notice your emotional responses, how strong do they feel overall?

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