Impulse Control Worksheet

 Look for these signs that someone has poor impulse control or an inability to delay gratification:

  1. Do they carry a lot of debt?

  2. Do they have drunk driving charges?

  3. Do they have financial problems while making a decent living?

  4. Have you seen compulsive lying?

  5. Is there a history of fire starting?

  6. Are there displays of explosive anger?

  7. Is there a history of pulling one’s own hair?

  8. Do they have a criminal record?

  9. Is there a history of destroying others’ property?

  10. In school, were they considered disruptive?

  11. Do they have a history of theft?

  12. Are they frequently drunk?

  13. Is there a history of hurting people or animals?

  14. Is there a history of risky sex?

  15. Do they frequently say inappropriate things?

  16. Do they want to move in together with you after only a brief courtship?

  17. Do they have to have the latest and greatest of everything as soon as it comes out?

  18. Are they indebted to a lot of people in money and in other ways?

  19. Do they have a lot of ‘toys’, yet can't pay their rent?

  20. Do they gamble frequently?

  21. Is there a history of frequent risk-taking activities?

  22. Have they often quit or been fired from jobs?

  23. Do they say they like to be spontaneous or act on the spur of the moment?

  24. Do they abhor lists and planning?

  25. Do they often use the excuse: ‘you only live once’?

  26. Do they get in fights?

  27. Have you seen a lot of outbursts?

  28. Is there a history of affairs or flirting with others?

  29. Do they overeat or have trouble sticking to a diet?

  30. Are there people that are afraid of them?

  31. Have they been referred to as a hothead?

  32. Do they have an addiction?

  33. Do they have any savings?

  34. Have they ever punched a hole in the wall?

  35. Do they jump right in the minute they have an idea?

  36. Has it ever been suggested they need anger management?

  37. Do they buy things they don’t need?

  38. When things are challenging, do they quit?

  39. Do they have a lot of unfinished projects?

  40. Do they often oversleep or are late for other reasons?

  41. Do they plunge ahead with ideas even when everyone urges caution?

  42. Do they fly by the seat of their pants?

  43. Do they make purchases, then hide them?

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