How stressed are you? Take our quiz.

Living With Diabetes: How Stressed Are You?

Screening tests, such as this one, are not intended to provide a diagnosis. But they may help to identify symptoms of stress that relate to your diabetes management and may determine whether a further evaluation by a medical or mental health professional is necessary. As with any other illness, you should see your doctor if you think you might have serious symptoms of stress, anxiety, or depression. Many of our programs are designed to help people live well with diabetes.

Listed below are 17 potential problem areas that people with diabetes may experience. For each item, click on the response that best describes how much this has bothered you DURING THE PAST MONTH. Please note that we are asking you to indicate the degree to which each item may be bothering you, not merely how true the item may be for you. For example, if you feel that you are not sticking closely enough to a good meal plan (item #12), but you don't feel bothered or stressed about this, you would click on "not at all". If, however, you feel very bothered or stressed about this, you would click on "a great deal".

  1. Feeling that diabetes is taking up too much of my mental and physical energy every day.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Feeling that my doctor doesn't know enough about diabetes and diabetes care.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Feeling angry, scared and/or depressed when I think about living with diabetes.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Feeling that my doctor doesn't give me clear enough directions on how to manage my diabetes.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Feeling that I am not testing my blood sugars frequently enough.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Feeling that I am often failing with my diabetes regimen.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Feeling that friends or family are not supportive enough of my self-care efforts (e.g. planning activities that conflict with my schedule, encouraging me to eat the "wrong" foods).
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Feeling that diabetes controls my life.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Feeling that my doctor doesn't take my concerns seriously enough.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Not feeling confident in my day-to-day ability to manage diabetes.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Feeling that I will end up with serious long-term complications, no matter what I do.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Feeling that I am not sticking closely enough to a good meal plan.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Feeling that friends or family don't appreciate how difficult living with diabetes can be.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Feeling overwhelmed by the demands of living with diabetes.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Feeling that I don't have a doctor who I can see regularly about my diabetes.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Not feeling motivated to keep up my diabetes self-management.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal
  1. Feeling that friends or family don't give me the emotional support that I would like.
     1 - not at all
     2 - a little
     3 - more than a little
     4 - a moderate amount
     5 - more than a moderate amount
     6 - a great deal