Stress-O-Meter Chart PDF Version

Learn or teach how stress influences decision making, and how thoughts and feelings are interconnected Based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) this chart teaches clients, patients, colleagues, friends, or family the relationship between stress, our body's, and our thoughts! Also a great tool for teaching people how to deal with stress, or stress management. Were you or they in a calm, logical head space to make a rationale decision? Start with the brain-body stress response side. Have a patient, client, or person you know (such as yourself! recount an instance in which they got in a bad argument, made a bad decision, or otherwise acted passionately and irrationally. Then, ask them how stressed they were from a 1 to 10, and have them read the different levels of stress that influence their physiological states. Have them read all of the levels, or just the one they selected, as this will simply help them on their journey of psycho-education. After that, ask them or yourself if they