Sunday, February 3, 2002		Stressbusters

Quantify stress
V.K. Kapoor

ANSWER the following questions either in yes or in no and send in your response on a competition postcard to Stressbusters, C/o The Tribune, Chandigarh.

• Is your efficiency at work declining?

• Have you lost some of your initiative at work?

• Does work stress get to you more than it used to?

• Do you get a headache?

• Do you get stomachaches?

• Do you have trouble sleeping?

• Do you have frequently changing or depressing moods?

• Are you easy to anger?

• Do you get frustrated easily?

• Do you feel more helpless than you used to?

• Are you using too many mood-altering drugs (e.g.tranquilisers, alcohol)

• Are you becoming more inflexible?

• Are you becoming more critical of your own and other’ competencies?

• Are you working more, but feeling that you are getting less done?

(The writer is a senior Haryana cadre police officer)