The DSS-21 was developed as a self-assessment to measure the emotional states of depression, anxiety and stress.
Please read each statement and select an answer that indicates how much the statement applied to you during the past two weeks. There are no right or wrong answers. Do not spend too much time responding to any question.
1.
I found it hard to wind down.
2.
I was aware of dryness of my mouth.
3.
I couldn't seem to experience any positive feeling at all.
4.
I found it difficult to work up the initiative to to things.
5.
I experienced breathing difficulty (e.g. rapid breathing or breathlessness)
6.
I tended to over-react to situations.
7.
I experienced trembling. (e.g. in the hands)
8.
I felt I was using a lot of nervous energy.
9.
I was worried about situation in which I might panic and make a fool of myself.
10.
I felt I had nothing to look forward to.
11.
I found myself getting agitated.
12.
I found it difficult to relax.
13.
I felt downhearted and blue.
14.
I was intolerant of anything that kept me forom getting on with what I was doing.
15.
I felt I was close to panic.
16.
I was unable to become enthusiastic about anything.
17.
I felt scared without any good reason.
18.
I felt that life was meaningless.
19.
I felt I was rather touchy.
20.
I was aware of the action of my heart in the absence of physical exertion (e.g. sense of heart rate increase or heart missing a beat,)
21.
I felt I wasn't worth much as a person.
