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Test Your Stress Smarts!Text size: A A A August 8, 2008
When we're stressed out, we tend to deal with it in unhealthy ways like comfort eating, poor diet choices, smoking and inactivity. Those of us who are stressed are more likely to report hypertension, anxiety or depression and obesity. Women especially report they feel the effects of stress on their physical health. Given the number of health complications related to stress, it is fair to say stress certainly is a health problem in America.

How much do you know about stress? Take this simple quiz to test your "stress smarts".

1. Some immediate symptoms of stress are:
  1. Sweating
  2. Rapid heartbeat
  3. Change in appetite
  4. Acne
  5. All of the above
2. Some longer-term symptoms of stress are:
  1. Fatigue
  2. Inability to concentrate
  3. Irritability
  4. Depression
  5. Headaches
  6. All of the above
3. Stress becomes dangerous when:
  1. It makes you snap at your spouse.
  2. It gives you butterflies in your stomach.
  3. It makes you crave chocolate.
  4. It interferes with your ability to live a normal life for an extended period of time.
4. Stress can harm your body by:
  1. Worsening heart disease risk factors such as hypertension and high cholesterol levels
  2. Causing you to eat in unhealthy ways in response to the stress
  3. Lead to depression, which can put you at a greater risk for heart disease, obesity and kidney dysfunction
  4. Lower your immune system
  5. All of the above
5. Stress can age a person by:
  1. Giving them wrinkles
  2. Affecting the immune system in ways that lead to "aging" conditions such as frailty, functional decline, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, inflammatory arthritis, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers
  3. Making them seem grumpy and old
  4. All of the above
6. Stress is the body's way of:
  1. Reacting to what seems like a threat
  2. Getting even with you for too much hard living
  3. Making sure that you don't overload yourself
  4. All of the above

This quiz is for educational and/or entertainment purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for professional health and mental health care or consultation. Individuals who believe they may need or benefit from care should consult a psychologist or other licensed health/mental health professional.

 
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