Never | Occasionally | Half of the time | Most of the time | All of the time | |
… felt moments of sudden terror, fear or fright | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… felt anxious, worried, or nervous | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… had thoughts of bad things happening | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… felt a racing heart, sweaty, trouble breathing, faint, or shaky | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… felt tense muscles, on edge or restless, or trouble relaxing or sleeping | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… avoided, or did not approach or enter, situations that made me anxious | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… moved away from or left situations early, remained near exits, or participated only minimally because of anxiety | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… spent a lot of time preparing for, or procrastinating about (putting off), things because of anxiety | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… distracted myself to avoid thinking about things that made me anxious | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… needed help to cope with anxiety (e.g. alcohol or medications, superstitious objects, other people) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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