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[Frumple]

Hey, test thingy. It tells me it's not very good at identifying my particular screw ups, which is neat. Below average in everything except schizotypal (up six), borderline (one), and dependent (four). Close to average in antisocial (down four) and avoidant (two).

Some of the questions seemed contradictory or strangely connected, though. If, say, concern about happiness and safety were seperated, my response would have been considerably different. Stuff like that, hum.

[Furtuka]

Paranoid                    ||||||||||||||    58%    50%
Schizoid                    ||||||||||      34%    40%
Schizotypal            ||||||||||||||||    70%    56%
Antisocial                    ||||||            26%    46%
Borderline                    ||||||||||||    46%    45%
Histrionic                    ||||||||||            34%    35%
Narcissistic                    ||||||            30%    40%
Avoidant                    ||||||||||||||||    66%    48%
Dependent                    ||||||||||||||||    70%    44%
Obsessive-Compulsive    ||||||||||||    50%    45%


No idea what that means!

[Lord Shonus]

Test gave me 78% paranoia. Everything else was wrong.

[Lectorog]

It means you have no significant problems, but might want to look out for schitzotypal and dependent tendencies?
Mine:

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Paranoid |||||||||||||||| 70% 50%
Schizoid |||||||||||||| 54% 40%
Schizotypal |||||||||||||||| 70% 56%
Antisocial |||||||||||| 42% 46%
Borderline |||||||||||||| 58% 45%
Histrionic |||||| 30% 35%
Narcissistic |||| 18% 40%
Avoidant |||||||||||||| 58% 48%
Dependent |||||||||||| 42% 44%
Obsessive-Compulsive |||||||||||||| 54% 45%
I only answered a few questions strongly, so I didn't expect much.

[The Fool]

No idea what that means!

This is just how I read it, so if I'm wrong just ignore it. It might mean that you are more paranoid than the average person, are more emotional than most, and see yourself/the world as odd. You're social, but will often seek safety. You feel a need for others for several aspects of your life. Was it close?

[Furtuka]

In certain situations I guess

[Flying Dice]

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Paranoid             |||||||||||||| 58% 50%
Schizoid             |||||||||||||| 58% 40%
Schizotypal          |||||||||||||||| 66% 56%
Antisocial           |||||||||| 34% 46%
Borderline           |||||| 26% 45%
Histrionic           |||| 14% 35%
Narcissistic         |||||| 22% 40%
Avoidant             |||||||||||||||||| 78% 48%
Dependent            |||||||||| 34% 44%
Obsessive-Compulsive |||||||||||||| 58% 45%

Well then.

[Dutchling]

I didn't get why half the questions were about safety though. Is the test designed for Somalians or something?

[Lagslayer]

I didn't get why half the questions were about safety though. Is the test designed for Somalians or something?

Security vs risk-taking is a core aspect of one's personality. Right above food/water/sex, it's just about the most basic instinct we have.

[Flying Dice]

I didn't get why half the questions were about safety though. Is the test designed for Somalians or something?

Security vs risk-taking is a core aspect of one's personality. Right above food/water/sex, it's just about the most basic instinct we have.

In other words, a distillation of what you were probably thinking of. Rather than "Will this cause me harm (via being shot, stabbing, falling, etc.)?" it is "Will this cause me harm (on an emotional/physical/mental level)?". Like choosing to not befriend someone because of the potential for being hurt that comes with a relationship.

[Frumple]

I didn't get why half the questions were about safety though. Is the test designed for Somalians or something?

Security vs risk-taking is a core aspect of one's personality. Right above food/water/sex, it's just about the most basic instinct we have.

In other words, a distillation of what you were probably thinking of. Rather than "Will this cause me harm (via being shot, stabbing, falling, etc.)?" it is "Will this cause me harm (on an emotional/physical/mental level)?". Like choosing to not befriend someone because of the potential for being hurt that comes with a relationship.

... it can be either. I'm in a first world country (USA), but the area I'm in has me regularly considering the possibility of physical harm resulting from the consequence of social interaction, and a fair amount of my public persona reflects that. There's areas like that in most of the major developed countries, depending on certain things (e.g. Not a bigot and not religious in an area people have demonstrated they like assaulting such people.). My responses for a lot of those questions would be radicially different if they were separated into physical and non-physical types of harm, yeah.

[Flying Dice]

I didn't get why half the questions were about safety though. Is the test designed for Somalians or something?

Security vs risk-taking is a core aspect of one's personality. Right above food/water/sex, it's just about the most basic instinct we have.

In other words, a distillation of what you were probably thinking of. Rather than "Will this cause me harm (via being shot, stabbing, falling, etc.)?" it is "Will this cause me harm (on an emotional/physical/mental level)?". Like choosing to not befriend someone because of the potential for being hurt that comes with a relationship.

... it can be either. I'm in a first world country (USA), but the area I'm in has me regularly considering the possibility of physical harm resulting from the consequence of social interaction, and a fair amount of my public persona reflects that. There's areas like that in most of the major developed countries, depending on certain things (e.g. Not a bigot and not religious in an area people have demonstrated they like assaulting such people.). My responses for a lot of those questions would be radicially different if they were separated into physical and non-physical types of harm, yeah.

Mm, I guess what I was getting at was that physical threats are one subcategory of security/risk assessment decisions. So they'd still be included in those questions, but as part of a large whole that also covers emotional and mental risks. Plus situational risks, I suppose; stuff like potentially losing a job and so on.

[penguinofhonor]

Test gave me 78% paranoia. Everything else was wrong.

I bet the test is set up to make you think you have other things.

[Dutchling]

So safety means not acting like an idiot? I might have to retake the test in that case (I might even be normal now...).

[Lord Shonus]

Not necessarily. There's someone over there you find attractive. You decide not to make an advance on that person sue to fear of rejection or embarrassment. You just made a decision based on safety. You're at a comic book convention, and decide not to share your opinion that Stan Lee is a hack. That is also a safety decision.