No Anxiety

Mild Anxiety

• Mild anxiety frequently develops in situations that normally catch an individual off guard, or which constitutes an approaching deadline.
• The individual may feel unprepared to cope with the event and will experience a sense of worry or tension until they construct a plan that alleviates the tension-producing circumstance.
• Getting a good night’s sleep may be difficult, concentration may be poor, and irritability may be present.
• The anxiety experienced generally lasts as long as it takes to resolve the circumstance producing the tension.

What to do

• While mild forms of anxiety can produce a degree of discomfort, the level of anxiety is not unbearable.
• Procrastination is often a key factor in prolonging the milder forms of anxiety. In this regard, facing the anxiety-producing situation head-on and developing a plan of action to remedy the circumstance is the best way to rid oneself of this type of anxiety.

Moderate Anxiety

• Moderate anxiety often develops in situations wherein an individual must face circumstances that are often beyond their control.
• Serious illness, losing ones job, or loss of a loved one, all represent the type of circumstances that can produce moderate anxiety.
• Moderate anxiety often affects one’s mood, causing a lowering of one’s self-esteem, a loss of self-confidence, sadness, suspiciousness, confusion, and isolation.
• Anxiety of this type can often become prolonged because one lacks the control necessary to remedy the situation.
• Still, developing a plan for improving the situation may be helpful to reduce the sense of helplessness that often accompanies this type of anxiety.
• Otherwise, anxiety of this kind may often only dissipate with time and changing circumstances.

What to do

• Because moderate anxiety often produces confusion and self-doubt, it becomes quite difficult to develop a plan that may help the individual regain their sense of control over the situation.
• Consulting with a counselor or a therapist is generally a good idea as a step toward getting things back on track.
• A family physician may be a good starting point in obtaining such a referral, and may even recommend a mild medication ( anxiolytic ) to lessen the anxiety being experienced.

Severe Anxiety

• Severe anxiety is usually produced as a result of having experienced a life-threatening situation, or living under the fear of such a threat.
• Surviving a tornado, an automobile accident, a serious fall, a robbery, or other similar trauma can produce severe symptoms of anxiety.
• Sometimes, simply being a witness to such events can generate these symptoms, which typically includes a pervasive sense of loss of safety.
• After experiencing a traumatic event, an individual might develop hypervigilence, and become acutely attuned to any possibility of danger in their life.
• Paranoia may also develop, along with nightmares, a heightened startle response, and even a fearfulness of leaving home.
• Excessive worrying about something bad happening occupies much of their thinking.
• Ones view of the world essentially changes, to the extent that an individual may now see the world as being a much more dangerous place than they had previously considered.
• It becomes very difficult to regain a sense of having any control over the possibility of being harmed at anytime.

What to do

• The primary objective is to replace irrational fears with a sense of having regained an adequate level of safety in one’s life.
• This is best accomplished with the help of a trained professional counselor.
• Most professionals experienced in treating severe anxiety begin by carefully uncovering the root causes of severe anxiety and then working to repair the impact caused by trauma.
• Medication may be helpful initially for managing the anxiety so that therapy can begin to work and be effective.
• Even though an individuals outlook of the world may have been permanently changed, their anxiety can be much more effectively controlled and minimized with time.

Profound Anxiety

Please see a physician

Not Depressed

Mild Depression

Depression is mental illness in which a person experiences deep, unshakable sadness and diminished interest in nearly all activities. The term depression is also used to describe the temporary sadness, loneliness, or blues that everyone feels from time to time. In contrast to normal sadness, severe depression, also called major depression, can dramatically impair a person’s ability to function in social situations and at work. People with major depression often have feelings of despair, hopelessness, and worthlessness, as well as thoughts of committing suicide.

Moderate Depression

Depression is mental illness in which a person experiences deep, unshakable sadness and diminished interest in nearly all activities. The term depression is also used to describe the temporary sadness, loneliness, or blues that everyone feels from time to time. In contrast to normal sadness, severe depression, also called major depression, can dramatically impair a person’s ability to function in social situations and at work. People with major depression often have feelings of despair, hopelessness, and worthlessness, as well as thoughts of committing suicide.

Severe Depression

Depression is mental illness in which a person experiences deep, unshakable sadness and diminished interest in nearly all activities. The term depression is also used to describe the temporary sadness, loneliness, or blues that everyone feels from time to time. In contrast to normal sadness, severe depression, also called major depression, can dramatically impair a person’s ability to function in social situations and at work. People with major depression often have feelings of despair, hopelessness, and worthlessness, as well as thoughts of committing suicide.

Profound Depression

Depression is mental illness in which a person experiences deep, unshakable sadness and diminished interest in nearly all activities. The term depression is also used to describe the temporary sadness, loneliness, or blues that everyone feels from time to time. In contrast to normal sadness, severe depression, also called major depression, can dramatically impair a person’s ability to function in social situations and at work. People with major depression often have feelings of despair, hopelessness, and worthlessness, as well as thoughts of committing suicide.

Profound Depression and a possible personality disorder

Depression is mental illness in which a person experiences deep, unshakable sadness and diminished interest in nearly all activities. The term depression is also used to describe the temporary sadness, loneliness, or blues that everyone feels from time to time. In contrast to normal sadness, severe depression, also called major depression, can dramatically impair a person’s ability to function in social situations and at work. People with major depression often have feelings of despair, hopelessness, and worthlessness, as well as thoughts of committing suicide.

No or Low Chance of OCD

Possible OCD

Increases the possibility of OCD and further evaluation is recommended.

Highly suggestive of OCD

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric mental disorder characterized by obsessive thoughts and/or compulsive behaviors that significantly interfere with normal life. Obsessions are unwanted, recurrent, and disturbing thoughts which the person cannot suppress and which can cause overwhelming anxiety. Compulsions are repetitive, ritualized behaviors that the person feels driven to perform to alleviate the anxiety of the obsessions. The obsessive and compulsive rituals can occupy many hours of each day.

Please see a Mental Health professional to discuss further.

Severe OCD

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric mental disorder characterized by obsessive thoughts and/or compulsive behaviors that significantly interfere with normal life. Obsessions are unwanted, recurrent, and disturbing thoughts which the person cannot suppress and which can cause overwhelming anxiety. Compulsions are repetitive, ritualized behaviors that the person feels driven to perform to alleviate the anxiety of the obsessions. The obsessive and compulsive rituals can occupy many hours of each day.

Please see a Mental Health professional to discuss further.

Profound OCD

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric mental disorder characterized by obsessive thoughts and/or compulsive behaviors that significantly interfere with normal life. Obsessions are unwanted, recurrent, and disturbing thoughts which the person cannot suppress and which can cause overwhelming anxiety. Compulsions are repetitive, ritualized behaviors that the person feels driven to perform to alleviate the anxiety of the obsessions. The obsessive and compulsive rituals can occupy many hours of each day.

Please see a Mental Health professional to discuss further.

Social Anxiety Disorders Unlikely

If performance in a particular situation, such as public speaking is impaired, could still meet criteria for a diagnosis.

Social Anxiety Disorders Probable

Scores in this range are typical of persons entering treatment for the non-generalized type of Social Anxiety Disorder.

Social Anxiety Disorder Very Probable

Scores in this range are typical of persons entering treatment for the generalized type of Social Anxiety Disorder.

Social Anxiety Disorder Extremely Probable

Scores in this range often are accompanied by great distress and difficulty in social functioning, and are also commonly seen in persons entering treatment for the generalized type of Social Anxiety Disorder.

Your score indicates that you do not need to consult a mental health professional who has experience with treating eating disorders.

Because denial can be a problem on self-report screening instruments, low scores should not be taken to mean that either clinically significant eating disorders symptoms or a formal eating disorder is not present. Collateral information from your family and support network is useful information that can correct for denial and limited self-disclosure.

Your score suggests that you should seek the advice of a qualified mental health professional who has experience with treating eating disorders.

High scores on self-report measures do not necessarily mean that you have an eating disorder However, it does denote concerns regarding body weight, body shape and eating. If you do have a high score, do not panic. If you have a score of 20 or higher, this simply means that you should seek the advice of a qualified mental halt professional who has experience with treating eating disorders.