Awareness of sensory input for perceiving and understanding the world

💓 BODY AWARENESS

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🚶Body Awareness

  • Have a Paper and Pencil Ready
  • Set up 20 minutes Uninterrupted Time
  • Find a Quiet Place

🍕 How often do you notice sensations of hunger, thirst or the need to use the bathroom?

  • Almost always
  • Often
  • Sometimes
  • Rarely

🚶 When doing everyday tasks (e.g. working, walking), how attentive are you to physical sensations?

  • Very attentive
  • Somewhat attentive
  • Neutral
  • Not very attentive

⚠️ How easily can you identify where you feel tension in your body?

  • Very easily
  • Somewhat easily
  • With some difficulty
  • With much difficulty

😩 How often do you feel pain or discomfort in your body?

  • Frequently
  • Occasionally
  • Rarely
  • Almost never

🗺️ When you experience pain or discomfort, how easy is it for you to locate where you feel it?

  • Very easy
  • Somewhat easy
  • Neutral
  • Difficult

🔥 How often do you notice sensations of heat, cold, itch or tingling?

  • Frequently
  • Sometimes
  • Rarely
  • Almost never

  • Very vivid
  • Somewhat vivid
  • Neutral
  • Less vivid

❤️ When emotionally distressed, how often are physical sensations (e.g. tightness in chest, knot in stomach) part of that experience?

  • Almost always
  • Often
  • Sometimes
  • Rarely

✍️ How accurately can you describe physical sensations you experience using words?

  • Very accurately
  • Somewhat accurately
  • Neutral accuracy
  • Not very accurately

👁️ Overall, how aware would you say you are of the sensations in your body?

  • Very aware
  • Somewhat aware
  • Neutral
  • Not very aware

✏️ Results

  • Mostly 1st line: High awareness
  • Mostly 2nd line: Above average awareness
  • Mostly 3rd line: Average awareness
  • Mostly 4th line: Below average awareness

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