Mood Inventory


	Mood Inventory
	Although high total scores on this scale are consistent with emotional discomfort related to mood, be cautious that you not use this scale to diagnose a mood disorder such as depression. Accurate diagnosis of disorders related to mood are best made by experienced professionals who do well to rely heavily upon information derived during face-to-face interview. Instead, use your answers and your score as a basis for reflection and/or discussion with a trusted other. Your answers can also be a basis for describing and discussing your mood with Psychologicaladvice.com.
	Instructions: Read carefully. Select the highest number in each question category that applies to you. In other words, if 3 and 4 both seem to apply, select 4. There are no right or wrong answers. Just select what best describes the way you feel.

A	SADNESS
0	I feel happy.
1	I feel sad or blue.
2	I am blue or sad all the time and I can't snap out of it.
3	I am so sad it is quite painful.
4	I am so sad that I can't stand it.

B	OPTIMISM/PESSIMISM
0	I feel positive about the future.
1	I feel discouraged about the future.
2	I have nothing to look forward to.
3	I feel I won't ever get over my troubles.
4	I feel that my future is hopeless and that things cannot improve.

C	SENSE OF SUCCESS/FAILURE
1	I feel like a successful person.
2	I feel I have failed more than the average person.
3	I feel I have accomplished very little that is worthwhile.
4	Looking back on my life, all I see is a lot of failures.
5	I feel I am a complete failure as a person (parent, spouse, daughter, son).

D	SATISFACTION/DISSATISFACTION
0	I feel satisfied with my life.
1	I feel bored most of the time.
2	I don't enjoy things the way I used to.
3	I don't get satisfaction out of anything anymore.
4	I am dissatisfied with everything.

E	GUILT
0	I don't feel particularly guilty.
1	I feel bad or guilty most of the time.
2	I feel quite guilty.
3	I feel guilty practically all of the time now.
4	I feel that I am totally bad and guilty.

F	BODY IMAGE
0	I feel that I look good.
1	I am worried that I look old and unattractive.
2	I feel that there are permanent changes in my appearance that are unattractive.
3	I feel I'm getting more unattractive every day and there's nothing I can do.
4	I feel I am repulsive looking and no one could be attracted to me.

G	WORK MOTIVATION
0	I enjoy going to work.
1	It takes extra effort to get started doing something these days.
2	I don't work as well as I used to.
3	I have to push myself very hard to do anything.
4	I can't seem to get myself to do anything at all.

H	SLEEP PATTERNS
0	I sleep as well as ever.
1	I wake up more tired than I used to.
2	I wake up one or more hours earlier than I wish to and can't go back to sleep.
3	I wake up in the middle of the night and I can't go back to sleep.
4	I toss and turn all night and don't ever get much sleep

I	ENERGY
0	I have as much energy as I ever had.
1	I get more tired than I used to.
2	I often don't seem to have enough energy.
3	I get tired from doing almost anything.
4	I am too exhausted to do anything.

J	ANOREXIA
0	My appetite is the same as usual.
1	I try not to eat very much.
2	I worry about eating too much.
3	I am afraid of gaining weight so I try not to eat.
4	I am always on a diet because I'm terrified of gaining weight.

K	BULIMIA
0	I don't worry much about my weight.
1	I'm concerned about gaining weight and I've thrown up or used laxatives occasionally to make sure that I don't.
2	I get out of control with food and then I throw up to make sure I don't gain weight.
3	I often stuff myself with food and then I panic and throw up or use laxatives to get rid of it.
4	I binge several times a day and feel compelled to get rid of it. I feel totally out of control with my bingeing and purging.

L	WEIGHT LOSS/GAIN
0	My weight has been consistent for several years.
1	I have recently gained or lost 5-10 lbs.
2	I have recently gained or lost 11-20 lbs.
3	I have recently gained or lost 21-30 lbs.
4	I have recently gained or lost more than 30 lbs.

M	SOMATIC CONCERNS
0	I don't spend much time worrying about my health.
1	I do spend some time thinking about aches and pains.
2	I seem to have a lot more aches and pains in my body than ever before.
3	I spend a lot of time worried about health issues.
4	I am so worried about health issues that I can't think about much else.

N	SEXUAL INTEREST
0	I feel I have a normal, healthy sexual interest.
1	I am less interested in sex than I used to be.
2	I am much less interested in sex than I used to be.
3	I have totally lost interest in sex.
4	I am repulsed to have anyone touch me.

O	EXPECTATION OF PUNISHMENT
0	I don't feel I am being punished.
1	I have a feeling that something bad may happen to me.
2	I feel I deserve to be punished and probably will be.
3	I feel I am often being punished and that I deserve it.
4	I am continually being punished, and when I am not, I punish myself.

P	SUICIDE
0	I have no thoughts of harming myself.
1	I have some thoughts of harming myself, but I know I would never carry them out.
2	I feel I would be better off dead and I often think of killing myself.
3	I have definite plans to kill myself and have recently made some attempts.
4	I would kill myself if I could and I try often.

Q	SELF-ESTEEM
1	I like myself a lot.
2	I often feel disappointed in myself.
3	I am becoming aware that I don't like myself.
4	I am often quite disgusted with myself.
5	I hate myself.

R	SELF-ACCUSATIONS
0	I feel I am as good as anybody else.
1	I often criticize my weaknesses and my mistakes.
2	I blame myself for the many faults I have.
3	I blame myself for anything bad that happens to me.
4	I blame myself for everything bad that happens to me or to anyone else.

S	CRYING
0	I don't seem to cry any more now than I ever did.
1	I seem to cry now more than I used to.
2	I cry a lot more than I used to.
3	It seems like I can't stop crying all the time.
4	I used to be able to cry, but now I can't even though I want to.

T	ANGER
0	I have about the same amount of anger as before.
1	I have a lot of anger that I take out on others.
2	I have a lot of anger that I hold inside.
3	I have so much rage inside that it scares me.
4	I have so much rage inside that I go numb and don't feel anything.

U	SOCIAL PARTICIPATION
0	I have a good social life with friends, co-workers.
1	I am less interested than I once was in socializing with people.
2	I have lost most of my interest in other people.
3	I feel uncomfortable with other people and have no interest in socializing with them at all.
4	I am extremely uncomfortable around others and spend all of my time alone.

V	DECISIONS
0	I easily make most decisions in my life.
1	I often put of trying to make decisions.
2	I don't enjoy making decisions and find I often let others make them for me.
3	I have great difficulty making decisions and avoid it as long as I can.
4	I simply can never make a decision in my life.

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