Stress Overload Scale (SOS)

1. 
...calm?

2. 
...strained?

3. 
...inadequate?

4. 
...overextended?

5. 
...confident?

6. 
...bored?

7. 
...no sense of getting ahead?

8. 
...swamped by your responsibilities?

9. 
...that the odds were against you?

10. 
...that there wasn’t enough time to get to everything?

11. 
...generous?

12. 
...like you were rushed?

13. 
...like you couldn’t cope?

14. 
...like you had a lot on your mind?

15. 
...like nothing was going right?

16. 
...carefree?

17. 
...powerless?

18. 
...overcommitted?

19. 
...like your life was “out of control”?

20. 
...like things kept piling up?

21. 
...like you could focus on the important things?

22. 
...like you had to make quick decisions?

23. 
...like asking “what else can go wrong?”

24. 
...like you didn’t have time to breathe?

25. 
...like things couldn’t get worse?

26. 
...peaceful?

27. 
...like there was no escape?

28. 
...like you were carrying a heavy load?

29. 
...like just giving up?

30. 
...like there was “too much to do, too little time”?