APPENDIX A: MINDLESSNESS INVENTORY 1 Rarely 2 Sometimes 3 Often 4 Very 5 Most of the time – – – – – Using this scale rate how often each of the following happens: 1 2 3 4 5 Breaking things, spilling things, clumsiness, accidents because of carelessness, inattention or thinking something else. Failing to notice subtle or not-so-subtle feelings of physical discomfort, pain, tension etc. Forgetting someone’s name as soon as you hear it. I listen to someone with one ear while doing something else at the same time. I get so focussed on goals that I lose touch with what I am doing right now. I get lost in my thoughts and feelings. Being preoccupied with the future or the past. Eating without being aware of eating. Having periods of time you have difficulty remembering the detail of what happened (not dissociative state) running on automatic. – Reacting emotionally in certain ways feeling like an emotion just – “came out of nowhere.” I daydream or think of other things when doing chores. I do several things at once rather than focussing on one thing at a time.
APPENDIX A: MINDLESSNESS INVENTORY 1 – Rarely 2 – Sometimes 3 – Often 4 – Very 5 – Most of the time Using this scale rate how often each of the following happens: 1 2 3 4 5 Breaking things, spilling things, clumsiness, accidents because of carelessness, inattention or thinking something else. Failing to notice subtle or not-so-subtle feelings of physical discomfort, pain, tension etc. Forgetting someone’s name as soon as you hear it. I listen to someone with one ear while doing something else at the same time. I get so focussed on goals that I lose touch with what I am doing right now. I get lost in my thoughts and feelings. Being preoccupied with the future or the past. Eating without being aware of eating. Having periods of time you have difficulty remembering the detail of what happened (not dissociative state) – running on automatic. Reacting emotionally in certain ways – feeling like an emotion just “came out of nowhere.” I daydream or think of other things when doing chores. I do several things at once rather than focussing on one thing at a time.
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