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How to Know When You Need Help

There is no set rule for knowing when someone should get help from an outside resource, rather guidelines. Every person is different. In addition to the primary indicators that follow, CEAP C/RS has also included a couple of questionnaires that can be useful. We would recommend that you print out the questionnaires and complete them in private.

General Indicators for knowing if you have a problem for which you should seek help:

Category A: How You Feel

How you feel is the best indicator that a problem exists. Generally you will need help if you:

Feel preoccupied with a problem
Fail repeatedly in your efforts to solve it yourself
Spend a lot of time denying a problem or hoping it will go away
Get tired or sick from it
Experience mood swings
Feel unhappy most of the time
Experience problems with family or friends
Notice changes in your sleeping or eating habits
Have thoughts or wishes to be dead
Have thoughts about harming another person
Get into legal trouble
Have difficulty controlling your consumption of alcohol, medication or street drugs
Are confronted by others on your use of alcohol, medication or street drugs

Category B: Your Job Performance

Your job performance provides other clues that you should seek help. For example, you may need help if you:

Miss deadlines
Have frequent accidents
Make frequent mistakes
Withdraw from co-workers
Need more time than usual to start and finish tasks
Are absent often
Are having conflicts with supervisors or co-workers

SELF TESTS

Stress Inventory

Anger