Saturday, June 25, 2011

Fertility Compass Part 1: Could I Benefit From Psychological Support?

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The Fertility Compass is one of the tools in www.fertility.com which can help you assess 3 things so you could better understand yourself and your situation.  It will help you 1). to know if you could benefit from psychological support; 2). to discover your coping style and learn new strategies to reduce emotional strain; and 3). to help organize your thoughts as you decide on another treatment cycle with your partner.

It is very easy because all you need to do is answer a few questions and the result will be generated for you.  Here are the results of the tests I took:


Could I benefit from psychological support?

Your Results


Severe distress manifests itself as anxiety or depression.


Based on your answers, it seems you have some feelings of anxiety. However it doesn’t appear that you’re feeling so distressed that you can’t attend work or follow your daily routine.


Based on your answers, it doesn’t seem you’re depressed. Your feelings of sadness are a normal reaction to a stressful situation. You seem to be able to process your feelings.

Acknowledgement:
This tool was developed by Chris Verhaak, clinical psychologist from the Radboud University Nijmegen, Department of Medical Psychology. She wrote a thesis and published many articles on psychological aspects of fertility problems. She works as a researcher and as a psychotherapist in close collaboration with the department of reproductive medicine of the Radboud University Nijmegen, in the Netherlands.

Thank God, I’m still normal.  I’m not depressed yet nor am I going crazy.  So far, I am still in my right mind and have kept my sanity amidst this infertility journey that I am into. 

Try to find out your present state of mind and see if you need some counseling to process your emotions.  Just answer the questions here honestly.

Next question: How am I coping?

1 comment:

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