Rate yourself on the scale below. For each of the fifteen questions, choose a number from 0=5 that shows how you have felt during the last 3 months.
1. Do you get tired easy? Do you feel worn out?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
2. Do you get upset when people tell you “You don’t look so good lately?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
3. Are you working harder and harder and feel like you’re getting nothing done?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
4. Are you more sarcastic and disappointed in the world around you?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
5. Are you sad a lot and don’t know why?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
6. Are you more forgetful (missing doctor visits, losing things)?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
7. Are you grumpy? More short-tempered? Do you expect more and more from the people around you?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
8. Are you spending less time with your friends and family?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
9. Are you too busy to do every day things (make phone calls, send out cards)?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
Do you always feel bad or are you sick all the time?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
10. Do you feel confused at the end of the day?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
11. Do you have trouble feeling happy?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
12. Are you unable to laugh at a joke about yourself?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
13. Does sex seem like more trouble than it’s worth?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
14. Do you have very little to say to people?
No Change 0 1 2 3 4 5 Much Change
Calculate Score: _ _ _ _ _ _
If your score is:
Scores 0-25: Doing Fine
Scores 26-35: Watch out, you are at risk.
Scores 36-50: Candidate for Burnout.
Scores 51-65: You are Burning out.
Scores 65+: You are totally Burned out. Get help!
Marge Powers is a successful career coach and author of books with topics ranging from Career Choices to Job Search Help to Personal Growth Counseling to Retirement and Aging.
Her books have helped hundreds of people to change their lives for the better.
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