TRIG-CI

Assessment:

PART I: PAST BEHAVIOR

Think back to the time that you realized that you had lost your good health
and that your old self had died and answer all of these items about your
feelings and actions by indicating whether each item is: Completely True,
Mostly True, Both True and False, Mostly False, or Completely False.

Check the best answer:

1. After my old self had died, I found it hard to get along with certain
people.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

2. I found it hard to work well after my old self had died.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

3. After I lost my old self, I lost interest in my family, friends, and outside
activities.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

4. I felt a need to do things that I wanted to do before I lost my old self.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

5. I was unusually irritable after I lost my old self.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

6. I couldn't keep up with my normal activities (as per how much my new
condition allowed me to) for the first 3 months after I lost my old self.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

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7. I was angry that I am unable to be the person that I wanted to be before
the old me had died.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

8. I found it hard to sleep after my old self had died.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

PART II: PRESENT EMOTIONAL FEELINGS

Now answer all of the following items by checking how you presently feel
about the death of your old self. Do not look back at Part I.

1. I still cry when I think of who I was.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

2. I still get upset when I think about my old self.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

3. I cannot accept that I cannot be like my old self.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

4. Sometimes I very much miss the person I was.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

5. Even now, it's painful to recall memories of the person who I was.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

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6. I am preoccupied with thoughts (often think) about who I was.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

7. I hide my tears when I think about the person who I was.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

8. I will never be as good as the old me who died.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

9. I can't avoid thinking about my pre-illness self.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

10. I feel it's unfair that the old me died.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

11. Things and people around me still remind me of my old self.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

12. I am unable to accept the death of my old self.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

13. At times, I still feel the need to cry for the loss of my old self.

Completely True , Mostly True , Both True and False , Mostly False , or
Completely False

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