“The Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) is a numeric scale (1 through 100) used by mental health clinicians and physicians to rate subjectively the social, occupational, and psychological functioning of adults, e.g., how well or adaptively one is meeting various problems-in-living.”
-Wikipedia
The state psychologist I saw gave me a GAF score of 45.
Here is a chart that gives you the breakdown of the scores.
Do you know what your GAF score is?
I have no idea, didn’t even know it existed!
Where do you think you’d fall on that scale? Any idea?
I think mine would be between 41 and 50.
Same here, probably 41-50. My judgement is not impaired, I don’t have suicidal thoughts but I can’t hold down a job, I have few real-life friends and poor hygiene habits.
Me too, somewhere between 41 - 50 
I can see mine changing through ‘history’ ’ going slightly up.’ I think with medication. Now - around the 41-50 range.
Mine usually hovers between about 50 to 55, the GAF score is a DSM4 practice though. The DSM5 has a new system.
Ditto. I showed my psychiatrist an award I won for doing volunteer work last fall and he said that talking to me makes him tired.
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I would say somewhere between 50 and 70 depending on the day. I have never gotten any GAF-score presented to me.
Right now it’s probably very low.
I’ve had a scale like this to fill myself. But it did not explain anything like this one. My pdoc told me to make a mark of how well I think I function. I put myself on 60-70% every time.
Never had one done but would fit in one of these two-
51 - 60 **Moderate symptoms** (e.g., flat affect and circumlocutory speech, occasional panic attacks) or moderate difficulty in social, occupational, or school functioning (e.g., few friends, conflicts with peers or co-workers).
41 - 50 Serious symptoms (e.g., suicidal ideation, severe obsessional rituals, frequent shoplifting) or any serious impairment in social, occupational, or school functioning (e.g., **no friends**, unable to keep a job, cannot work).Probably 71-80 I think.
Wow, that’s great! Was it always that high or since you’ve been medicated?
No, a year ago was way lower. I think being recovery oriented and putting up a fight helps. I don’t succumb to my problems, I try to solve them.
You sound like a very strong person. I wish I had that strength. Sometimes I get tired and just want to give up. I feel that way today; had a tough last week.
I’m sorry you’re having a rough time. It happens and we have to deal with stuff we don’t want to. One of the sours of life.
I wasn’t always like this, I learned how to be strong. 6/5 years ago I was in an abusive relationship crying every day for anything and completely off my game. I had to learn how to get rid of what hurts me, and find better solutions from myself.
Sobriety helped a lot.
Back in 2003 when I hospitalised the second time and was first diagnosed with sz, my pdoc at the time said my GAF was 45, then when i was discharged it was 60. dunno what it is now, I think about 55-65. not coping too well in life but still surviving.
that is a helpful tool for describing in a succinct way. I would say I am in th 51-60 range. On the lower side I think. Thank you for sharing