On aspergers- told I need to see someone for evaluation. Have scored 37 on autism quotient so not totally surprised by this.
schizotypal- apparently high risk although other tests for it online vary from have to don’t have.
schizophrenia-now here’s where I think it’s ■■■■■■■■ as I answered no to quite a few questions and still got moderate to high risk.
paranoid pd- high risk - given my paranoia this makes some sense although i fit the fearful type of paranoiac rather than the hostile/aggressive sort that gets described for paranoid pd.
avoidant pd - high risk which makes sense given my severe social anxiety.
social anxiety - high risk, as expected
I think there’s a high risk of getting high risk with a lot of these tests maybe because they want people as clients.
Also what makes me suspicious is that things were found in wrong areas ie social anxiety was under somatoform disorders, paranoid pd under anxiety disorders
@firemonkey you’d probably feel a lot better if you didn’t care so much what tests and diagnoses say is wrong with you. I avoid that stuff like the plague cause I know it’s just going to make me feel worse.
Those psychological based self help tests are just as fallible as the diagnostic system.
I wouldnt pay much importance to them - they could drive anyone crazy
@Malvok@Wave You are probably right but I found it googling and am a sucker for such tests. I think it’s part of searching for who I am -also why I’m into personality quizzes. Maybe if I had a greater sense of self identity…
All the online test can really do over the net is tell you if you need some psychiatric care. They can’t diagnose you over the net and clearly you are seeing psychiatric care, aren’t you? So are completely and utterly irrelevant to you.
I know what you mean @firemonkey I am the same way actually - but lately I have really been disgusted and frustrated with the entire diagnostic system - the entire system needs some serious revamping