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. 2022 May 3;19(9):5535. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19095535
Statements
1 I found it hard to wind down
2 I was aware of dryness of my mouth
3 I couldn’t seem to experience any positive feeling at all
4 I experienced breathing difficulty (e.g., excessively rapid breathing, breathlessness in the absence of physical exertion)
5 I found it difficult to work up the initiative to do things
6 I tended to over-react to situations
7 I experienced trembling (e.g., in the hands)
8 I felt that I was using a lot of nervous energy
9 I was worried about situations in which I might panic and make a fool of myself
10 I felt that I had nothing to look forward to
11 I found myself getting agitated
12 I found it difficult to relax
13 I felt down-hearted and blue
14 I was intolerant of anything that kept me from getting on with what I was doing
15 I felt I was close to panic
16 I was unable to become enthusiastic about anything
17 I felt I wasn’t worth much as a person
18 I felt that I was rather touchy
19 I was aware of the action of my heart in the absence of physical exertion (e.g., sense of heart rate increase, heart missing a beat)
20 I felt scared without any good reason
21 I felt that life was meaningless