• Impacts Of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R)

    INSTRUCTIONS: Below is a list of difficulties people sometimes have after stressful life events. Please read each item, and then indicate how distressing each difficulty has been for you DURING THE PAST SEVEN DAYS.
  • Date
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    2 digit month, 2 digit day, 4 digit year

  • How much have you been distressed or bothered by these difficulties?

  • Any reminder brought back feelings about it.
  • I had trouble staying asleep.
  • Other things kept making me think about it.
  • I felt irritable and angry.
  • I avoided letting myself get upset when I thought about it or was reminded of it.
  • I thought about it when I didn't mean to.
  • I felt as if it hadn't happened or wasn't real.
  • I stayed away from reminders of it.
  • Pictures about it popped into my mind.
  • I was jumpy and easily startled.
  • I tried not to think about it.
  • I was aware that I still had a lot of feelings about it, but I didn't deal with them.
  • My feelings about it were kind of numb.
  • I found myself acting or feeling like I was back at that time.
  • I had trouble falling asleep.
  • I had waves of strong feelings about it.
  • I tried to remove it from my memory.
  • I had trouble concentrating.
  • Reminders of it caused me to have physical reactions, such as sweating, trouble breathing, nausea, or a pounding heart.
  • I had dreams about it.
  • I felt watchful and on-guard.
  • I tried not to talk about it.
  • Should be Empty: