I took the MMPI this past spring. It was very long. I had a horrific experience with the psychiatrist that scored my test and talked to me about the results. She was very insulting and ugly to me so much so that my moms were so angry. (I have seven ladies in my life who act as moms to me and give me what I missed out on in my childhood.) Two of them had to come to my house that night, because I was feeling suicidal at that point, because of the way this doctor treated me.

The psychiatrist said there was no indicator of any mental illness and that I just needed to get over my childhood and I would be fine. She said some things in a very snarky way, but it makes me angry thinking about it. Everyone, including myself, thought I would surely be diagnosed with bipolar, but I wasn't. I do have major depressive disorder and now see a psychiatric nurse practitioner who has found the perfect combination of medications that have worked miracles for me.

It was good news to hear I wasn't bipolar, but my experience with the psychiatrist was so bad that I don't even have it in me to explain it at the moment. Taking the test itself was not a bad experience, but it was VERY long and the questions made absolutely no sense in relation to mental illness. But, I'm told it is all related. I was also told that the test is set up to where there is a way to decipher if someone is lying. I forgot the term that was used, but some people try to make themselves seem worse or better than they actually are.

I was told I answered to the extreme side of every question which told her I didn't have a mental illness. So, apparently if you answer the questions too honestly and it looks like every answer is on the darker, sadder side of the spectrum you supposedly won't have a mental illness. I was so confused. I think I'm still confused. My therapist really helped me navigate all this. She did an amazing job of helping me get through the whole experience.