Yes. My therapist had me take it after a few months into our relationship. It was long and had many redundant questions, but it was not too awful. Afterwards, she scored the test in front of me and gave me my score. 2-8-0.
But she didn't explain a single thing to me except that it indicated I was depressed. I freaked out at "schizophrenia" and she said that was just a general descriptor not related to the actual disease. So I relaxed.
I did some research on my profile, which wasn't that hard to do. The truth came out. For weeks I just held my tongue, thinking we'd eventually talk about it. When it didn't, I tried to get over it...not wanting to make a big deal out of something that didn't warrant concern. But one day my therapist said something like "you're normal! you're well within two standard deviations of the mean!" And I just couldn't take it anymore.
I demanded to know why she would give me a personality test and but not explain what my score meant. And I told I knew it meant something, as I had done the research. I reminded her that I'm not a dummy, being a scientist myself. She was holding back from me and I was tired of listening to her lying face.
So that was when she came out and told me that I indeed had a personality disorder, but she hadn't wanted to tell me because the label is considered an insult by some professionals. And she said she was also in denial...she didn't want to believe.
After that, things got a lot better. Less "you're so normal" business.
My diagnosis has changed (though secretly I'm still keeping the old one since its easier for me to relate to). But from my experience, the test will indeed pick up on quirkiness. It has measures that will test your honesty/reliability, so don't overthink it. Just answer the questions as best you can.
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