SECTION 1: COGNITIVE OVERLOAD
When your brain becomes overloaded, decision-making suffers and mental clarity disappears.
1. How would you describe your decision-making ability throughout the day?
By 2 PM on a typical day, what's happening to your mental clarity?
3. How often do you read emails or documents multiple times before actually processing them?
4. When facing important business decisions, how do you feel?
SECTION 2: OUTBURSTS & EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION
When your brain is overwhelmed, emotional control breaks down - often with the people who matter most.
5. In the past month, how often have you snapped at team members, family, or friends when overwhelmed?
6. When unexpected problems arise, what happens to your emotional state?
7. How comfortable are you showing vulnerability or admitting you're struggling?
8. How often do you feel like you're becoming someone you don't like when you're stressed?
SECTION 3: SOMATIC SYMPTOMS
Your brain sends distress signals through your body - signals most high achievers ignore until it's too late.
Which physical symptoms have you experienced in the past month? (Choose as many as you like)
10. How would you rate your sleep quality?
11. After a highly stressful day, how long does it take your body to feel normal again?
12. How often do you ignore physical symptoms because "you don't have time" to deal with them?
SECTION 4: TOTAL BURNOUT
The final stage where everything you've built feels at risk - your performance, relationships, and sense of purpose.
13. How present can you be with the people who matter most after work?
14. How do you feel about the work you're doing?
15. Which statement feels most true about your current situation?
16. Do you have people you can be completely honest with about your struggles?