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Where your energy
goes

Some of your energy never reaches the things you care about. A nervous system that is trying to keep you safe spends it first: on effort you did not choose, on things you stop yourself from doing, on staying ready when there is nothing to be ready for. This is a way to see where that energy goes.

Read each statement and answer with your first reaction. Do not think about it for long. There is no score and no number at the end, only a direction to look in. Some of what comes up may not be a leak at all. Sometimes life really does ask this much of you.

3 areas, 18 short questions

The three areas

  • 1Effort spent preventing problems
  • 2Things you stop yourself from doing
  • 3Never fully at rest
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This is a self-inquiry tool. It is not a clinical assessment, a diagnosis, or treatment, and it is not medical or psychological advice. If you are in serious distress, please contact a qualified professional or visit findahelpline.com.

This looks at one kind of energy cost: the kind a tense nervous system runs in the background. It is not the full picture of why a person might be exhausted. Tiredness that lasts a long time can have physical or mood-related causes that a tool like this cannot see. It also does not measure how well your nervous system works. Some of the patterns named here may be effort that is necessary, chosen, and right for your situation.

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