A colorful illustrated chart titled “Holiday Stress Scale.” The scale is numbered one through five, each level shown with a holiday-themed icon and description. Level One shows a Christmas tree and describes no or minimal stress, feeling happy, relaxed, and full of holiday cheer. Level Two shows a star and describes mild stress, subtle tension, and light worrying. Level Three shows a cookie and describes moderate stress with noticeable physical tension, headaches, sleep trouble, and feeling overwhelmed. Level Four shows a wrapped gift and describes severe stress with fatigue, anxiety, muscle cramps, headaches, trouble sleeping, and emotional ups and downs. Level Five shows a snowflake and describes extreme stress with constant overwhelm, possible panic attacks, difficulty functioning, intense physical symptoms, and feeling frozen, encouraging reaching out for help. At the bottom it reads “SelfLoveRainbow” and includes “Call 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.”
Check in with yourself using this handy dandy holiday stress scale. Where are you landing right now? It's okay to not be in the holiday cheer zone (a lot of people are hovering somewhere between mild & moderate stress). Take care of yourself, yeah? #HolidayStress #MentalHealthAwareness #StressCheck
