Thursday, September 23, 2010

Todays Note

Depression is a very common problem with someone being abused. This is a personal inventory - which shows how wide-spread depression can be. It's called the "Beck Depression Inventory".
   0  __  I am no more irritated by things than I ever was.
    1 __ I am slightly more irritated now than usual
    2 __ I am quite annoyed or irritated a good deal of the time.
    3 __ I feel irritated all the time.

12 
    0 __ I have not lost interest in other people
    1 __ I am less interested in other people than I used to be
    2 __ I have lost most of my interest in other people.
    3 __ I have lost all my interest in other people.

13
    0 __ I make decisions about as well as I ever could
    1 __ I put off making decisions more than I used to
     2 __ I have greater difficulty in making decisions more than I used to
     3 __ I can’t make decisions at all anymore.

14 
     0 __ I don’t feel that I look any worse than I used to.
     1 __ I am worried that I am looking old or unattractive
      2 __ I feel there are permanent changes in my appearance that make me look unattractive
      3 __ I believe I look ugly

15 
    0 __ I can work about as well as before
    1 __ It takes an extra effort to get started at doing something
    2 __ I have to push myself very hard to do anything
    3 __ I can’t do any work at all

16 
    0 __ I can sleep as well as usual
   1 __ I don’t sleep as well as I used to
    2 __ I wake up 1 – 2 hours earlier than usual and find it hard to get back to sleep
    3 __ I wake up several hours earlier than I used to and cannot get back to sleep

17
   0 __  I don’t get more tired than usual
   1 __ I get tired more easily than I used to
   2  __ I get tired from doing almost anything
   3  __ I am too tired to do anything

18 
     0 __ My appetite is no worse than usual
     1 __ My appetite is not as good as it used to be
     2 __ My appetite is much worse now
     3 __ I have no appetite at all anymore

19 
     0 __ I haven’t lost much weight , if any, lately
     1  __ I have lost more than five pounds
      2 __ I have lost more than ten pounds
      3 __ I have lost more than fifteen pounds.

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