My score

interesting test

Score: 79

Two major concerns: depression and PSTD
Seven milder concerns (*)
I am slightly underweight.

General Coping 50 (*)
Life Events 25 (*)
Depression 53
Anxiety 33 (*)
Phobias 17
Self-Esteem 50 (*)
Eating Disorders 20
Schizophrenia 10
Dissociation 8
Mania 30 (*)
Sexual Issues 13
Relationship Issues 0
Alcohol 0
Drugs 0
Physical Issues 17
Smoking Issues 0
Gambling Issues 0
Technology Issues 13
Obsessions/Compulsions 38 (*)
Posttraumatic Stress 92
Borderline Traits 33 (*)

I am shocked anxiety was not higher because I suffer from some pretty bad anxiety at times. Overall, I think it pegged me pretty well.

Okay, time to analyze this now that I have the time.

Let's start with the major ones. Depression is a major "duh" with me. I honestly don't understand how I got away with such a low score on that. Maybe my pills are working after all because I know that I answered slightly differently than what I would have answered, say, a month ago.

PTSD, wow, what a score! Holy cow, that really surprises me. I think what did me in was the avoidance questions. The things I avoid, however, are generally considered unhealthy anyway (pornography, conversations about objectifying women, TV shows that go on and on about unhealthy sex). Is this really a bad thing?

General coping... odd, since I have been told by several mental health professionals that I have awesome coping skills. However, I am not coping well with my life events (see below).

Life events... I've been physically sick for over a year and everyone just dismissed it as IBS triggered by anxiety. I can handle the mental stuff but when it starts to manifest itself physically, I don't know what to do. I need better coping skills in this way and this is why my life events is so high.

Like I said in the above post, I am very shocked anxiety was not higher. I am a very, very, very anxious person. I have learned to control it and ignore it, but it seems to have manifested itself physically (so the doctors say).

My pdoc/doc and I have been fighting over whether I am manic. I don't get normal symptoms of mania. I am depressed or I am function, there is hardly an in-between. They say this is "mania" because my "mania" is being able to function. I am not euphoric, I am not angry, I don't engage in dangerous behaviors, and the only thing I do is my thinking is somewhat altered (thoughts racing, harder to concentrate). Of course, my doc tried to tell me my change in thinking was adult ADD, to which my pdoc told her "there's no way."

The obsessive/compulsions one surprises me. I might go look at the test again to see how I scored so high. I have always been the antithesis of OCD.

Borderline traits... this one also caught me by surprise. I think it's my affect (minus the anger since Iit takes a lot to get me angry) might have triggered this one to be as high as it was. Affect of BPD is very similar to depression. I do not have any cogitative symptoms, I do not engage in impulsive behaviors, and my interpersonal relationships are quite good.

I think the main thing you have to do with this test is to research where you scored highly and to sit down and think, "ok, how did I get this score?" If you can do that, then you have a better grasp on yourself and what you need to do to heal.