EXERCISE: Identifying and Measuring Symptoms of Anxiety
To specify what symptoms you experience when you are anxious, rate the symptoms listed in the
Mind Over Mood
Anxiety Inventory (Worksheet 14.1). Fill out the inventory once a week while you
are learning methods to manage your anxiety, so you can determine which
Mind Over Mood
skills
are most e󰮏ective and to track your progress.
Score the
Mind Over Mood
Anxiety Inventory by adding up the numbers you circled or marked
for all the items. For example, if you marked 3 for each item, your score would be 72 (3 × 24
items).
To track your progress, record your
Mind Over Mood
Anxiety Inventory scores on Worksheet
14.2. Mark each column at the bottom with the date you completed the
Mind Over Mood
Anxiety
Inventory. Then put an × in the column across from your score. (If you are lling out these work-
sheets onscreen, please note that Worksheet 14.2 cannot be completed interactively. We recom-
mend that you print this worksheet and complete it by hand. Alternatively, some PDF software has a
freehand pencil tool that you can use to complete the worksheet onscreen.)
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Circle or mark one number for each item that best describes how much you have experienced each symptom
over the past week.
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1. Feeling nervous 0 1 2 3
2. Worrying 0 1 2 3
3. Trembling, twitching, feeling shaky 0 1 2 3
4. Muscle tension, muscle aches, muscle soreness 0 1 2 3
5. Restlessness 0 1 2 3
6. Tiring easily 0 1 2 3
7. Shortness of breath 0 1 2 3
8. Rapid heartbeat 0 1 2 3
9. Sweating not due to the heat 0 1 2 3
10. Dry mouth 0 1 2 3
11. Dizziness or light- headedness 0 1 2 3
12. Nausea, diarrhea, or stomach problems 0 1 2 3
13. Increase in urge to urinate 0 1 2 3
14. Flushes (hot ashes) or chills 0 1 2 3
15. Trouble swallowing or “lump in throat 0 1 2 3
16. Feeling keyed up or on edge 0 1 2 3
17. Being quick to startle 0 1 2 3
18. Di󰮐culty concentrating 0 1 2 3
19. Trouble falling or staying asleep 0 1 2 3
20. Irritability 0 1 2 3
21. Avoiding places where I might be anxious 0 1 2 3
22. Thoughts of danger 0 1 2 3
23. Seeing myself as unable to cope 0 1 2 3
24. Thoughts that something terrible will happen 0 1 2 3
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From
Mind Over Mood, Second Edition.
Copyright 2016 by Dennis Greenberger and Christine A. Padesky.
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