BOSS STRESS TEST
As a result of working for your boss…
1.) … do you find yourself eating more or less than you normally would?
Yes ___ No__
2.) … are you sleeping more or less than usual?
Yes ___ No___
3.) … are you constantly trying to predict your boss’s reaction to what you say and do?
Yes ___ No___
4.) … are you overindulging in alcohol, recreational drugs or other mind-altering substances?
Yes ___ No___
5.) … do interactions with this person leave you feeling deflated and drained?
Yes ___ No___
6.) … do you frequently experience feelings of self-doubt?
Yes ___ No___
7.) … do you feel as if the harder you work, the more there is to do?
Yes ___ No___
8.) … has your self-confidence dropped?
Yes ___ No___
9.) … do you feel angry and resentful every time he or she asks you to do something?
10.)… have you stopped exercising or doing things to release physical tension?
Yes ___ No___
11.)… have you lost your ability to see the humor in situations at work?
Yes ___ No___
12.)… does the sound of your boss’s voice make you feel tense?
Yes ___ No___
13.)… do you spend a lot of time covering up mistakes to avert criticism?
Yes ___ No___
14.)… do you frequently take over-the-counter medications for headaches, stomach aches, heartburn, back aches or other chronic ailments?
Yes ___ No___
15.)… do you spend a lot of time outside of work complaining about your boss?
Yes ___ No___
16.)… is your mind constantly reviewing and replaying emails, conversations and meetings with this person?
Yes ___ No___
17.)… do your friends and family complain that you’re always preoccupied with work?
Yes ___ No___
18.)… do you find yourself short-tempered -- blowing up over small incidents?
Yes ___ No___
19.)… do you feel tired, drained and out of control?
Yes ___ No___
20.)… do you have revenge fantasies involving your boss getting hit by a car or pushed out of a window?
Yes ___ No___
Total “yes” responses: ________
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