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This questionnaire consists of 28 questions about experiences that you may have in your
daily life. We are interested in how often you have these experiences. it is importang however,
that your answers show how ofrten these experiences happen to you when ybu are not under
the influence of alcohol or drugs. To answer ihe questionsfplease determineto what degre€ the
experience described in the question applies to you and,circle the number to show what
percentage of the time you have the experience.
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Some people have the experience of findingthemselves in a place and havingno idea how
they got there. Circle a number to show what percentage of the time this happens to you.
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Some people find that sometimes they are listening to sonr€one talk and theysuddenly
realize that they did not hear part or all of what wai said. Circle a number toitrow whit
percentage of the time this happens to you.
OVo
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LAOo/o
(always)
Some people have tfre experience of driving or riding in a car or bus or subway and
suddenly real2ing that they don't remember what has happened during all orpart of the
trip. cirde a number to show what percentage of the time this happens to you.
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Some people have the experierrce of finding themselves dressed in clothes that they don't
remember putting on. Circle a number to show what percentage of the time this hippens
to you.
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'S9me people have the experience of finding new thingp among their belongings that they
do not remember buylng. Circle a number to showwhat percentage of the Ume tnis
happens to
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Some pmple sometimes find that they are approached.lypeople who they do not know
who call them by an.other name or iniist ttrifthey nat'ffi-et them before. Circle a number
to show what percentage of the time this happens to you.
OVo
10 20 30 40 50 60 TO 80 90
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Some people sometimes have the experience of feeling as though they are standing next to
themselves or watching themselves do something and they actually see themselvei as if
theywere looking at another,person. Circle a number to show what percentage of the time
this happens to you.
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10 20 30 40 50 60 ZO 80 90
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told that theysonietimes do not recognize triends or familymembers.
circle a number to showwhat p€rc€ntage of the tirne this happens to you.
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find that they have no memory for some important events in tlreir lives
(for elample, a weddingor graduation). Circle a number tb show what percentag€ of the
time this happens to you.
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Some people
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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100yo
people have the experience of being accused of lying when they do not think that
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to show what per€entage of the time
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S-9-: people have the experience of looking in a mirror and not recognizing themselves.
circle a number to show what percentage of the time this happens to you.
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 7@Vo
Some people have the experience of feeLing ttrat ottrer people, obiects, and the world
around them are not real. Circle a number to show whatpercentage of the time this
happens to you.
@/o 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
1009o
13. Some people have the experience of feeling that their body does
not se€m to blong to
them. circle a number to show what percentage oI the time this happens to you.
OVo
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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 .80 90 l00Vo
people have the experience of sometimes remembering a past event so vividlythat
they feel as if they were reliving that event. Circle a number io show what percentage of the
time this happens to you.
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15. Some people have the experience of not being sure whether things that they remember
happening really did happen or whether they iust dreqmed them. CirCle a number to show
what percentage of the time this happens to you. .Y
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16. Some people have the experience of being in a familiar place but finding it strange and
unfamiliar. Circle a number to show what percentage of the time this happens to you.
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17. Some people find that when they are watching television or a movie they become so
absorbed in ttrc story that they are unaware of other events happening around tlrem. Circle
a number to show what percentage of the time this happens to you.
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18. Sonie people find that they become so involved in a fantasy or daydream that it feels as
though it were really happening to them. Cirde a number to show what percentage of the
time this happens to you.
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19. lSome people find that they sometimes are able to ignorepain. Circle a number to show
what percentage of the time this happens to you.
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20. Some'people find that they sometimes sit staring off into
not aware of the passage of time. Circle
this happens to you.
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find that when they are alone they talk out loud to themselves.
Circle a number to show what p€rcentage of the time this happens to you.
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
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find that in one situation they may act so differently compared wift another
situation that they feel almost as if they were two different people. Circle a number to show
what percentage of the time this happens to you.
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10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 10O9o
23, Some people sometimes find that in certain situations they are able to do things with
amazing ease and spontaneity that would usually be difficult for them (for example, sports,
wor\ social situations, etc.). Circle a number to show what percentage of th€ time this '
happens to you.
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space, thinking of nothing, and
number to show what.perc-entage of the time
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find that they cannot remember whether they have done
something or have iust thought about doing that thing (*o, example, not knowing whether
they have mailed a letter or have iust thought about maffig it). Circle a number to show
rvhat percentage of the time this happens to you.
Some people sometimes
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find evidence that they have done things that they do not remember doing.
Circle a number to show what percentage of the time this happens to you.
Some people
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Some people sometimes flnd that they hear voices inside their head that tell them to do
things or comment on thinp that they are doing. Cirde a number to show what
percentage of the time this happens to you.
OVo
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10 20 30 40 50 60 " 70 80 90
Some people sometimes find writings, drawings, or notes among their belongings that they
must have done but cannot remember doing. Circle a numbbr to show what percentage of
the time this happens to you.
OVo
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Some people sometimes feel as if they are looking at ttre world through a fog so that people
and objects appear far away or undear. Circle a number to show what p€rcentage of the
time this happens to you.
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This nreasure is partot Mmwresin PostTroumotkStress Disqdq:
A Proctitioner's Guideby StuattTumer and Deborah [ee- Orrce the
invoke has been paid, it may be photocopied for use within the pudnsing
institution only. Published by nfeNelson Publishing{ompany Ltd
The Chiswick Centre, 414 Chiswick High Roa4 W4 5TF, U|C
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