And there's nothing you can do...

[chess]

Okay. So why am I *surprised* that I'm in a lousy mood?

It's not that lousy, I'm just a little, uhm, 'highly strung'. Which means I'm rather defensive, annoyed by just about everything, have completely random and often self-destructive impulses, and generally want to tear things into itty bitty pieces. It's not bad enough that I *will*, but it's an annoying undertone. The enforced blankness that's sitting on top of it is getting to me, too.

Comments

[tienelle.livejournal.com]

That test looks to be a little trigger-happy. I took it with my "normal" hat on, and it *still* thought I was probably depressed. I'm also a lot sceptical of using net quizzes for psychology.

[edith-the-hutt.livejournal.com]

You too. Then again, it's a screening test. They're loaded towards false positives to make sure they catch everyone who needs treatment. I think pretty much everybody I know (with about 2 exceptions) would probably get a "Go see a psycologist" result. Then again I wouldn't be surprised if pretty much everybody I know (with maybe one or two more exceptions than before, but really not that many) has been to see a psycologist at some point, it seems to be a pretty common thing around here.

[theinquisitor.livejournal.com]

The 'for more than two weeks' bit left me honestly answering 'never' to all of them, I think. Assuming it means 'more or less consistently, for two weeks'. Ack, whatever, I know I'm not depressed, anyway.

As for seeing a psycologist, common it is, but I've never seen one except at secondary school - and I suspect that was on behavioural/fitting-in grounds, rather than anything mental. (She wasn't technically a psycologist, I think - just a learning support person with some extra certificates).

[ptc24.livejournal.com]

I tried putting "Sometimes" in for every category, and that was enough to trigger a "probably".

It would be interesting to see what the people think the answers from a "normal" person would be.

[jarel.livejournal.com]

Not sure I count as 'normal', but it tells me "Your answers does not reflect the presence of depressive symptoms", which (apart from the appalling grammar) is probably fair ;)

[tienelle.livejournal.com]

I went for BBCBAEAAAA (this is "me with normal hat", rather than "normal person"), and they thought I was depressive. Question 6 has truly *horrible* grammar.