PERSONALITY TESTS - SOCIAL PHOBIA, DEPRESSION, PANIC DISORDER, GAD, PTSD.
It might be a good idea to check your mental state with those short tests.
If you can answer YES to most of the questions it is likely that you are affected by that condition. What I would recommend if you suffer from one or more conditions below, is to contact a doctor for further consultation. Of course, I know how hard this is if you are a blusher, anyway it's the best solution.
Social phobia - During the past 6 months:
1. Do you worry a lot about embarrassing yourself in front of others?
2. Do you worry about what people might think of you?
3. Do you feel anxious in social situations?
4. Do you worry about behaving anxiously in any of the following situations?
- Public speaking
- Eating/drinking in front of other people
- Writing in front of other people
- Parties and other social gatherings
5. Do you avoid any of the above situations because they make you
feel anxious?
Depression
1. Do you experience less joy/pleasure from the things you normally enjoy?
2. Have your sleeping habits changed significantly (sleep has either increased or decreased by 1-2 hours)
3. Have you felt tired most days during the past 2 weeks?
4. Have you experienced difficulties in concentrating most days of the past 2 weeks?
5. Have you experienced frequent suicidal thoughts?
6. Have you felt a failure most days of the past 2 weeks?
7. Have you had difficulty concentrating most days of the past 2 weeks?
8. Have you experienced feelings of guilt most days during the past 2 weeks?
9. Have you experienced feelings of hopelessness about the future on most days of the past 2 years?
10. Has your appetite significantly changed (either decreased or increased) during the past 2 weeks?
Panic disorder - During the past 2 weeks:-
1. Have you experienced sudden attacks of intense anxiety
or fear during which you felt as if you were going to die,
or lose control, or go crazy?
2. Do you worry about having other attacks of intense anxiety or fear?
3. Have you started to modify your behavior in order to avoid
certain situations which in the past have caused you anxiety?
4. Do you worry about the physical symptoms (increased
heartbeat, breathlessness, shakiness, light-headedness)
that the attacks of anxiety cause?
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) - During the past 6 months:-
1. Do you have problems falling asleep?
2. Do you feel tension in your muscles because of feeling on edge?
3. Do you frequently feel tense and irritable?
4. Do you feel that you have been nervous/on edge most days over the past 6 months?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
1. Have you ever experienced or witnessed a traumatic event
for example, rape, sexual abuse, car accident etc.?
2. Do you frequently get upset whilst thinking about a traumatic event?
3. Do you experience "flashbacks" in which you feel as if you are re-living a traumatic event?
4. Do you feel emotionally numb or on edge because of having experienced a traumatic event?
5. Are you aware of avoiding doing things that remind you of a traumatic event?
If you can answer YES to most of the questions it is likely that you are affected by that condition. What I would recommend if you suffer from one or more conditions below, is to contact a doctor for further consultation. Of course, I know how hard this is if you are a blusher, anyway it's the best solution.
Social phobia - During the past 6 months:
1. Do you worry a lot about embarrassing yourself in front of others?
2. Do you worry about what people might think of you?
3. Do you feel anxious in social situations?
4. Do you worry about behaving anxiously in any of the following situations?
- Public speaking
- Eating/drinking in front of other people
- Writing in front of other people
- Parties and other social gatherings
5. Do you avoid any of the above situations because they make you
feel anxious?
Depression
1. Do you experience less joy/pleasure from the things you normally enjoy?
2. Have your sleeping habits changed significantly (sleep has either increased or decreased by 1-2 hours)
3. Have you felt tired most days during the past 2 weeks?
4. Have you experienced difficulties in concentrating most days of the past 2 weeks?
5. Have you experienced frequent suicidal thoughts?
6. Have you felt a failure most days of the past 2 weeks?
7. Have you had difficulty concentrating most days of the past 2 weeks?
8. Have you experienced feelings of guilt most days during the past 2 weeks?
9. Have you experienced feelings of hopelessness about the future on most days of the past 2 years?
10. Has your appetite significantly changed (either decreased or increased) during the past 2 weeks?
Panic disorder - During the past 2 weeks:-
1. Have you experienced sudden attacks of intense anxiety
or fear during which you felt as if you were going to die,
or lose control, or go crazy?
2. Do you worry about having other attacks of intense anxiety or fear?
3. Have you started to modify your behavior in order to avoid
certain situations which in the past have caused you anxiety?
4. Do you worry about the physical symptoms (increased
heartbeat, breathlessness, shakiness, light-headedness)
that the attacks of anxiety cause?
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) - During the past 6 months:-
1. Do you have problems falling asleep?
2. Do you feel tension in your muscles because of feeling on edge?
3. Do you frequently feel tense and irritable?
4. Do you feel that you have been nervous/on edge most days over the past 6 months?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
1. Have you ever experienced or witnessed a traumatic event
for example, rape, sexual abuse, car accident etc.?
2. Do you frequently get upset whilst thinking about a traumatic event?
3. Do you experience "flashbacks" in which you feel as if you are re-living a traumatic event?
4. Do you feel emotionally numb or on edge because of having experienced a traumatic event?
5. Are you aware of avoiding doing things that remind you of a traumatic event?
