Items about you |
1. | I am happy |
2. | I find my life satisfying |
3. | I have beliefs that sustain me |
4. | I feel estranged from others |
5. | I find that I learn new things from those I care for |
6. | I force myself to avoid certain thoughts or feelings that remind me of a frightening experience |
7. | I find myself avoiding certain activities or situations because they remind me of a frightening experience |
8. | I have gaps in my memory about frightening events |
9. | I feel connected to others |
10. | I feel calm |
11. | I believe that I have a good balance between my work and my free time |
12. | I have difficulty falling or staying asleep |
13. | I have outburst of anger or irritability with little provocation |
14. | I am the person I always wanted to be |
15. | I startle easily |
16. | While working with a victim, I thought about violence against the perpetrator |
17. | I am a sensitive person |
18. | I have flashbacks connected to those I help |
19. | I have good peer support when I need to work through a highly stressful experience |
20. | I have had first-hand experience with traumatic events in my adult life |
21. | I have had first-hand experience with traumatic events in my childhood |
22. | I think that I need to “work through” a traumatic experience in my life |
23. | I think that I need more close friends |
24. | I think that there is no one to talk with about highly stressful experiences |
25. | I have concluded that I work too hard for my own good |
26. | Working with those I help brings me a great deal of satisfaction |
27. | I feel invigorated after working with those I help |
28. | I am frightened of things a person I helped has said or done to me |
29. | I experience troubling dreams similar to those I help |
30. | I have happy thoughts about those I help and how I could help them |
31. | I have experienced intrusive thoughts of times with especially difficult people I helped |
32. | I have suddenly and involuntarily recalled a frightening experience while working with a person I helped |
33. | I am pre-occupied with more than one person I help |
34. | I am losing sleep over a person I help’s traumatic experiences |
35. | I have joyful feelings about how I can help the victims I work with |
36. | I think that I might have been “infected” by the traumatic stress of those I help |
37. | I think that I might be positively “inoculated” by the traumatic stress of those I help |
38. | I remind myself to be less concerned about the wellbeing of those I help |
39. | I have felt trapped by my work as a helper |
40. | I have a sense of hopelessness associated with working with those I help |
41. | I have felt “on edge” about various things and I attribute this to working with certain people I help |
42. | I wish that I could avoid working with some people I help |
43. | Some people I help are particularly enjoyable to work with |
44. | I have been in danger working with people I help |
45. | I feel that some people I help dislike me personally |
Items about being a helper and your helping environment |
46. | I like my work as a helper |
47. | I feel like I have the tools and resources that I need to do my work as a helper |
48. | I have felt weak, tired, run down as a result of my work as helper |
49. | I have felt depressed as a result of my work as a helper |
50. | I have thoughts that I am a “success” as a helper |
51. | I am unsuccessful at separating helping from personal life |
52. | I enjoy my co-workers |
53. | I depend on my co-workers to help me when I need it |
54. | My co-workers can depend on me for help when they need it |
55. | I trust my co-workers |
56. | I feel little compassion toward most of my co-workers |
57. | I am pleased with how I am able to keep up with helping technology |
58. | I feel I am working more for the money/prestige than for personal fulfillment |
59. | Although I have to do paperwork that I don’t like, I still have time to work with those I help |
60. | I find it difficult separating my personal life from my helper life |
61. | I am pleased with how I am able to keep up with helping techniques and protocols |
62. | I have a sense of worthlessness/disillusionment/resentment associated with my role as a helper |
63. | I have thoughts that I am a “failure” as a helper |
64. | I have thoughts that I am not succeeding at achieving my life goals |
65. | I have to deal with bureaucratic, unimportant tasks in my work as a helper |
66. | I plan to be a helper for a long time |