TSI-The Trauma Symptom Inventory

This questionnaire contains 100 items describing experiences that may or may not have happened to you. Please answer each item as honestly as you can. Be sure to answer every item. You can take as much time as you need to finish the TSI

Using this guide, select the circle with the number on the right that best indicates how often each of the following experiences have happened to you in the last 6 months.

Select: if you: NEVER	Select: if you: MORE OFTEN
Select: if you: LESS OFTEN	Select: if you: OFTEN

Statements / Answers
1. Nightmares or bad dreams.
2. Trying to forget about a bad time in your life.
3. Irritability.
4. Stopping yourself from thinking about the past.
5. Getting angry about something that wasn't very important.
6. Feeling empty inside.
7. Sadness.
8. Flashbacks (sudden memories or images of upsetting things).
9. Not being satisfied with your sex life.
10. Feeling like you were outside of your body.
11. Lower back pain.
12. Sudden disturbing memories when you were not expecting them.
13. Wanting to cry.
14. Not feeling happy.
15. Becoming angry for little or no reason.
16. Feeling like you don't know who you really are.
17. Feeling depressed.
18. Having sex with someone you hardly knew.
19. Thoughts or fantasies about hurting someone.
20. Your mind going blank.
21. Fainting.
22. Periods of trembling or shaking.
23.Pushing painful memories out of your mind.
24.Not understanding why you did something.
25.Threatening or attempting suicide.
26. Feeling like you were watching yourself from far away.
27. Feeling tense or "on edge”.
28. Getting into trouble because of sex.
29. Not feeling like your real self.
30. Wishing you were dead.
31. Worrying about things.
32. Not being sure of what you want in life.
33. Bad thoughts or feelings during sex.
34. Being easily annoyed by other people.
35. Starting arguments or picking fights to get your anger out.
36. Having sex or being sexual to keep from feeling lonely or sad.
37. Getting angry when you didn't want to.
38. Not being able to feel your emotions.
39. Confusion about your sexual feelings.
40. Using drugs other than marijuana.
41. Feeling jumpy.
42. Absent-mindedness.
43. Feeling paralyzed for minutes at a time.
44. Needing other people to tell you what to do.
45. Yelling or telling people off when you felt you shouldn't have.
46. Flirting or "coming on" to someone to get attention.
47. Sexual thoughts or feelings when you thought you shouldn't have them.
48.Intentionally hurting yourself (for example, by scratching, cutting, or burning) even though you weren t trying to commit suicide.
49. Aches and pains.
50. Sexual fantasies about being dominated or overpowered.
51. High anxiety.
52. Problems in your sexual relations with another person.
53. Wishing you had more money.
54. Nervousness.
55. Getting confused about what you thought or believed.
56. Feeling tired.
57. Feeling mad or angry inside.
58. Getting into trouble because of your drinking.
59. Staying away from certain people or places because they reminded you of something.
60. One side of your body going numb.
61. Wishing you could stop thinking about sex.
62. Suddenly remembering something upsetting from your past.
63. Wanting to hit someone or something.
64. Feeling hopeless.
65. Hearing someone talk to you who wasn't really there.
66. Suddenly being reminded of something bad.
67. Trying to block out certain memories.
68. Sexual problems.
69. Using sex to feel powerful or important.
70. Violent dreams.
71. Acting "sexy" even though you didn't really want sex.
72. Just for a moment, seeing or hearing something upsetting that happened earlier in your life.
73. Using sex to get love or attention.
74. Frightening or upsetting thoughts popping into your mind.
75. Getting your own feelings mixed up with someone else's.
76. Wanting to have sex with someone who you knew was bad for you.
77. Feeling ashamed about your sexual feelings or behavior.
78. Trying to keep from being alone.
79. Losing your sense of taste.
80. Your feelings or thoughts changing when you were with other people.
81. Having sex that had to be kept a secret from other people.
82. Worrying that someone is trying to steal your ideas.
83. Not letting yourself feel bad about the past.
84. Feeling like things weren't real.
85. Feeling like you were in a dream.
86. Not eating or sleeping for 2 or more days.
87. Trying not to have any feelings about something that once hurt you.
88. Daydreaming.
89. Trying not to think or talk about things in your life that were painful.
90. Feeling like life wasn't worth living.
91. Being startled or frightened by sudden noises Seeing people from the spirit world.
92. Seeing people from the spirit world.
93. Trouble controlling your temper.
94. Being easily influenced by others.
95. Wishing you didn't have any sexual feelings.
96. Wanting to set fire to a public building.
97. Feeling afraid you might die or be injured.
98. Feeling so depressed that you avoided people.
99. Thinking that someone was reading your mind.
100. Feeling worthless.