Mental State Your mental state of mind The DASS is a quanttatve measure of distress along the 3 axes of depression, anxiety1 and stress2. It is not a categorical measure of clinical diagnoses. tasemgt published on March 23, 2019 Stacked 1/5 I found it hard to wind down Never Sometimes Often Almost Always 2/5 I was aware of dryness of my mouth Never Sometimes Often Almost Always 3/5 I couldn’t seem to experience any positive feeling at all Never Sometimes Often Almost Always 4/5 I experienced breathing difficulty (e.g, excessively rapid breathing,breathlessness in the absence of physical exertion) Never Sometimes Often Almost Always 5/5 I found it difcult to work up the initatve to do things Never Sometimes Often Almost Always