Well the only reason I think my score is that high is probably because my problems have been undealt with too long and have escalated especially the depression and anxiety. I've also done online testing for Borderline Personality Disorder which often says I exhibit alot of symptoms but to be honest I dont think I have it, I'm relatively balanced in that catergory compared to my friend who has officially been diagnosed with BPD. The only real characteristics I have of BPD are the extreme mood swings, up and down self image, I have experienced impulsivity in the past(not now) through binge drug taking and promiscuity, self harm, unsure about self identity, feeling intensly alone, terrified of abondonment and rejection and a lack of connection but I must stress that most of these symptoms are not as bad as what others have been through, well some of them have been really bad and others minor but still present and most of them have actually disappeared.
My highest scores on the Sanity Test were:
Obsessions/compulsions - 94. I was quite horrified when I found this out but to be totally honest, I have chronic upsetting obsessions, they are really bad sometimes and have had them for way too many years, I would say as far as early childhood, the compulsions come and go and are not too severe, just things like checking and minor paranoia.
Anxiety - 86. Now this does not surprise me at all. My anxiety has been chronic, it really has and incredibly dibilatating. Intense panic attacks, the one's in public were terrible and humiliating when I look back. I did attend some anxiety therapy about 2 years ago which included group and individual which helped alot. But then a while after I had life problems and the panic attacks and anxiety came back with a vengence.
Phobias/self esteem - 83. Well my self esteem is a confusing one like most people, one day it is great and the next it is morbidly dreadful depending on what extreme mood I am in. The phobias are quite bad and range to different ones.
Post Traumatic Stress - 83. This has reduced considerably, this might be a high score but 5 years ago, it was 10x worse. Nightmares, ruminating about the incidents, direct anxiety from the incident that felt very real, it was as though I was still at the scene which caused me distress. I still get flashbacks which have reduced me to tears but just being aware of what they are has reduced them.
Borderline - 79.
Depressions - 66. Im very surprised that this one of my lowest scores in comparison even lower than BPD. But having said that, at the time I took the test I was actually feeling not too bad despite feeling quite depressed now. I'm still a victim of depression and do so resent it.
General Coping - 71. Well, I just don't always cope well with life.
Dissociation - 67.