Current stressors are also affecting you and probably contributing to your pain and you may need help with learning to manage stress. If you have other health p roblems and/or there are things going over which you feel you have no control, it is important to ensure that you are able to manage your feelings in response to these situations.

Analyzing your results from this questionnaire should give you an idea what psychological risk factors are contributing to your pain and where you need to direct your efforts psychologically in terms of overcoming your pain. This questionnaire is designed to assess the 5 most common psychological risk factors for chronic pain; namely Adverse Childhood Experiences, Present Stress, Alexithymia, Traumatic Stress and Depression. However, everyone is different and not everyone has the same levels of risk factors. This information is intended as a guide only and is not meant as a substitute for appropriate psychological or medical treatment.