Analyzing your results from this questionnaire should give you an idea what psychological risk factors are contributing to your pain and where you need to direct your efforts psychologically in terms of overcoming your pain. This questionnaire is designed to assess the 5 most common psychological risk factors for chronic pain; namely Adverse Childhood Experiences, Present Stress, Alexithymia, Traumatic Stress and Depression. However, everyone is different and not everyone has the same levels of risk factors. This information is intended as a guide only and is not meant as a substitute for appropriate psychological or medical treatment.

You appear to have some significant stressors in your life at the moment. These may be contributing to your pain and you need help with learning to manage stress. Two of the most important ‘stress-management’ skills are having good social support and knowing how to ‘let-go’ of stressful situations for which there is no solution.