ARE You Always Tired

 

 

ARE You Always Tired

           SELF  TEST

 

CONSTANT tiredness is a sign that something is wrong.  A medical check-up is always advisable.  But sometimes our doctor cannot do much to help us because the trouble lies within our minds.

 What then can we do?  The first thing is to find out all we can about the reason for our tiredness.

 Try this test on yourself.  Answer “Yes” or “No” to the questions before you look at the

 

1. Do you live sensibly – healthy, adequate diet, sufficient rest and relaxation, not too much rush?

 

2. Are you reasonably unaware of your body---no constipation, no chronic catarrh nor undue sexual tension?

 

3. Is your home life happy?

 

4. 4. Was your childhood happy?

 

5. Were your parents cheerful and easy going, rather than tense, nervous, anxious, fearful?

 

6. Are you happy in your work?

 

7. Do you think that what you are doing is of value and find it interesting and satisfying?

 

8. Are you having reasonable success in what you want to do?

 

9. Are your ambitions reasonable and practicable?

 

10. Can you carry on after a setback, snub, disappointment, or failure, without a feeling of humiliation or intense resentment?

 

11. Have you set a reasonable value on yourself and your achievement?  Do you think of yourself neither as someone who is the center of attention, nor as a nobody whom no one notices or cares about? 

 

12. Are you satisfied to do your best and to leave it at that?

 

13. Are you.content with a reasonable share of material satisfaction?

 

14. Can you forget your cares and worries when you are on holiday and when you got to bed?

 

15. Are you reasonably free from money worries?

 

16. Do most people welcome your company?

 

17. Do you feel at ease with people, with no feeling that they dislike you, or that you are an outsider, or different in some way?

 

18. Can you make friends?

 

19. Are your relations with people generally conducted with the minimum of friction or strain?

 

20. Are you satisfied with a reasonable amount of love and appreciation without feeling the need to be constantly re-assured of it?

 

Count five marks for every “Yes”.  A score of 40 to 50 is likely to be average.  Aim at 60 plus---which is very good.

 

Your “No” answers will provide the clue to the real reason for your tiredness.  This feeling gathers like a snowball over the years.  It may start, for example, in early childhood by unconsciously acquiring a strained over-anxious attitude from nervous parents.

 

The first step is to recognize what is happening.  Understand how it all started and developed and trace how it is affecting you now so that you can check it in yourself.

 

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