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Old Aug 22, 2008, 04:47 AM
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Frankly, I don't think this test is more than a screening tool. Unless a person has traits associated with psychosis, I would be more concerned about how YOU feel about how you're functioning in life, than I would be with the test results. If you have had several bad experiences that lead you to mistrust others, consider whether they seemed to come "out of the blue," or whether you played some role in putting yourself in a risky situation. (Note: There are lots of people who will always blame you, no matter what the circumstances. Don't associate with those people.) An example of an unforeseeable event would be getting in a car accident that you didn't cause, having one or more people who happened to be there promise to be witnesses in your favor, and then having them all renege on their promise. Hey, that would do it for most people, eh? I mean, you have to consider your life experiences, and how strongly they affected you. Maybe you were deeply shaken because your initial trust of others was unrealistically great. I mean, there are a lot of possibilities here. Which ones apply? You know, it is YOUR call. On the other hand, to get back to my first point -- symptoms of psychosis should not be ignored, and probably can't be handled without psychiatric help. These are of a different order than anxiety, depression, mistrust based on overgeneralizing a series of truly bad experiences that would get most people down, and so on. I think Discover magazine just had an article about that -- about treating these as soon as they manifest. But from what you say, it doesn't sound like that is your problem.