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Irritable Life Syndrome Questionnaire

By Paul Lubicz "The Wellbeing Manager"

1. Can everyday circumstances make you tense, upset, or angry?

2. Are there things in the back of your mind that eat away at you but either don't seem significant enough to act on or you feel too overwhelmed to get to them?

3. Do you often feel tired and sluggish and get sick regularly?

4. Do you hate working out, then when you don't you feel guilty and it creates an extra stress in your life?

5. Do you feel you never get enough good quality sleep?

6. Do you feel any of the following: a sense of separation, stuck, an inability to speak one's truth, cloudy thinking, or experience a sense of being ungrounded?

7. You can't shift the weight around your midsection no matter what you do?

Our mental, emotional and physical health are interlinked

No matter which way you look at it, what goes on 'up top' has a massive effect on how our bodies feel. There is a symbiotic relationship. Remember the last time you felt stressed? It's a safe bet that you also got a headache, headache, neck pain or even a rash as a consequence. Likewise, when you're under constant pressure - whether it's at work or simply trying to be all things to all people (social butterflies suffer too you know) - you'll either put weight on or lose it and you'll find it hard to sleep or, conversely, want to sleep all the time.

There's no question that if your mental and emotional state is out of balance it will have a profound influence on your health. Studies are already starting to prove that - as a result of the way we now live our lives it's not only our minds that get stressed out - our bodies do too. There is no separation between your mental physical and emotional wellbeing. So it makes sense that we should think about them as a whole.

'Wellbeing' is the key word here. It's also the key to a happier (and slimmer and calmer) you. Once you start to think about how you're feeling, you're one step closer to looking better as a result (and let's face it, who wouldn't welcome a bit of an overhaul?).

When you visit the doctor complaining of a bad back, neck ache, or just because you're feeling bloated and overweight - its unlikely you'll go away with more than a piece of paper recommending you take a few pills. But medication alone isn't enough of a remedy. What you really need is practical advice about taking care of yourself - which means looking after your mind too. Modern medicine doesn't sufficiently take into account the psychological and emotional aspects of how being ill or in pain can affect us mentally.

Ever heard of the saying 'what goes around comes around'? Irrational behaviour, illness, depression, ineffective communication, lack of motivation and lowered energy levels may all be driven not only by physical symptoms, but mental and emotional symptoms as well.