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A Score of 0-5:
- A score in this range indicates that you may have difficulties
with impulse control. The lower your score the greater the
difficulty. This can lead to problematic decision making
which can be potentially dangerous (i.e. running across
the street without looking first, to see if it is safe).
It can lead to making decisions that can put you at high
risk for danger to yourself or to others. Learning to control
your impulsive nature is possible if you make a committed
effort. Begin by selecting one small area of your life that
you can begin thinking differently about, such as
making lane changes while driving. Begin to notice what
your typical way of behaving is and what your thought process
is. Then make a written game-plan describing how
you would like to begin doing this less impulsively; i.e.
1. look in both the rearview and side mirrors, 2. turn head
to see if there are any cars in the other lanes, 3. turn
on the blinker when it is safe, and so on. Then make a commitment
to change the way you behave in this situation. Keep up
the new way of "thinking through" your behavior for at least
6-12 months. Amazingly, changing one small thing in your
life can result in an overall change in the way you function
in other areas of your life. Try it!
A Score of 6 - 10:
- A high score indicates that you have some degree of self-mastery
over your impulses. If however, you scored a 6 or 7 you
might take a look at the above suggestions just to give
yourself a little boost toward better self control. Self
control and competence are two very important indicators
of one's state of mental health. Learning to delay gratification
is the secret to overcoming non-biologically based emotional
issues. Even people with a biologically based mental illness
can create a better quality of life by learning self control,
and competence.
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