Mindful Attention Awareness Scale – MAAS

I could be experiencing some emotion and not be conscious of it until some time later.

I break or spill things because of carelessness, not paying attention, or thinking of something else.

I find it difficult to stay focused on what's happening in the present.

I tend to walk quickly to get where I'm going without paying attention to what I experience along the way.

I tend not to notice feelings of physical tension or discomfort until they really grab my attention.

I forget a person's name almost as soon as I've been told it for the first time.

It seems I am 'running on automatic,' without much awareness of what I'm doing.

I rush through activities without being really attentive to them.

I get so focused on the goal I want to achieve that I lose touch with what I'm doing right now to get there.

I do jobs or tasks automatically, without being aware of what I'm doing.

I find myself listening to someone with one ear, doing something else at the same time.

I drive places on 'automatic pilot' and then wonder why I went there.

I find myself preoccupied with the future or the past.

I find myself doing things without paying attention.

I snack without being aware that I'm eating.