Use this flowchart to figure out how stressed you really are

We all feel stressed from time to time. Worrying is completely normal - and can actually be healthy in small doses.

But as Jennifer Gueringer writes for Poundstopocket.co.uk, in order to be happy and successful, it's important to have a sense of control over your "whereabouts on the stress spectrum."

The following flowchart, created by UK-based lender Pounds to Pockets, combines insight from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and the Stress Management Society to create "a walk-through guide to the symptoms of stress and how seriously they should be taken."

Follow it to figure out how stressed you really are, and what to do next.

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