What are you carrying right now?
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What holds you back
How heavy is your backpack?
Stress & overload
Reflect on demands, recovery and your sense of control.
30 questions · About 8 minutes
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WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER
A closer look at your patterns.
- Reflect on demands, recovery and your sense of control.
- Notice where boundaries and exhaustion show up in your answers.
- Consider a manageable next step and when to seek support.
Your full reading explores strengths, areas that may take more effort, and practical directions to try. How these fit your life is something to reflect on, not a verdict about you.
Areas you will explore
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A different way to reflect.
This test is set as a climb. You pack a backpack, you climb, a storm hits, you rest and you reach the summit. The backpack is a metaphor: the stones stand for what you are carrying right now, and the climb for how it feels to carry it.
Answer at your own pace. You can return to earlier questions before saving your reading.
A few questions to sit with
Examples from this test. Your answers are not collected here.
This month I feel that
Which is closest to how heavy your backpack feels?
THE IDEAS BEHIND IT
Informed by research. Made for reflection.
Perceived stress (Cohen PSS), burnout dimensions (Maslach), transactional model of stress (Lazarus).
These are original questions informed by these models, not the original validated questionnaires. The reading does not provide a clinical assessment or population percentile.
This test asks about pressure, tiredness and rest. If things are heavy for you right now, take it slowly or come back another time. It is a tool for self-reflection, not a diagnosis, and it does not replace professional help.
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How long does it take?
There are 30 questions. Allow about 8 minutes; your pace may vary. There is no question timer.
Are there right answers?
There are no right or wrong answers. Choose what best reflects your experience, rather than what seems desirable.
Is this a diagnosis?
No. This is a self-reflection tool. It does not replace professional advice, assessment or treatment.
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