As before, statements should be answered on a scale of 0 - 5 as follows:
5 = like me,
0 = not like me
1, 2,3 or 4 = in between
A total score of twenty points on each addictive outlet gives cause for concern.
Work
"Work" includes hobbies and interests, cults or sects.
- I have taken on work that I actively disliked, not so much out of necessity but more
simply to keep myself occupied.
- I have tended to work faster and for longer hours than other people of my own
ability so that they have found it difficult to keep up with me.
- When I have definitely overworked and got myself irritable and over-tired, I have
tended to feel defiant as well as slightly ashamed.
- 1 have tended to tidy up the mess that someone else has got into at work, even when
I have not been asked to do so.
- 1 have found that finishing a specific project is often irrelevant in deciding when to
stop working.
- When working with others I have tended to disguise the full amount of time and
effort that I put into my work.
- 1 have tended to keep reserve projects up my sleeve just in case I find some time, even
a few minutes, to spare.
- I have regularly covered other people's work and responsibilities even when there
was no need for me to do so.
- Other people have expressed repeated serious concern over the amount of time I
spend working.
- I have found that once I start work in any day it has been difficult to get "out of the
swing of it" and relax.
Exercise
- I have often been so tired with exercise that I have found it difficult to walk or to
climb up stairs.
- I have preferred to exercise alone rather than in company.