Am I Crazy? (Quiz)

You might have been the kind of person who is trying to find the answer to the question if you are crazy. There are some subtle and not-so-subtle signs of going through this mental state.

Gerald Goodman, PhD who is an emeritus professor of psychology at UCLA states that not everyone who is considered crazy just because the person is initially experiencing delusions and hallucinations. In fact, the belief that you are crazy is an indication that you are going sane despite your beliefs about having this mental state

When a person is going through delusions, this person who may have a mental illness as part of this symptom tend to not know that they are going crazy. Marty Livingston, PhD who is a New York psychologist and this author agrees to this conclusion. 

He added that these affected people would not know the difference between feeling and the truth. An example of this is the fact that people with psychosis would believe the things that were said to them in their made-up fantasy while other people are aware that they are going through a psychotic episode or something far from reality.

The fact that you are looking for signs that you are going crazy then you can get some insights by checking some of the signs that apply to you below:

Panic Attack

You can feel this symptom when you don’t seem to have control over your breathing. You might even feel that your heart is pounding fast and you can’t control the uneasiness that you are currently feeling and you might have some worry that you might be about to die.

Sometimes, this symptom is the one that makes people think that they are going crazy. You should try to check if you have most of the symptoms of this attack and get some advice on how to deal with this symptom.

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Feeling Disconnected

This psychologist also went through people who are going through isolation that they are starting to think that there is something wrong with their mental wellbeing

These people get this isolation due to the anxious feeling that they are constantly misunderstood by a lot of people. This can also make them less likely to get connected with other people even though this method is good for mental wellbeing.

This is where most people would rather be alone even when they deeply need the connection which they can seek help with when they go through counselling or therapy.

The Beginning of Mental Illness In Most Affected People

You might start to feel crazy since you might be feeling the symptoms of any psychological disorder that you might have right now. You might obsessional thoughts which can make you keep checking on things and get you late at work or school due to your undying need to check on things which are already checked.

You can get yourself diagnosed by going to a psychologist to help you assess if you truly have symptoms of a mental health disorder.

When It’s Time to Get Help For Your Mental Issue

Even if your mental concern is not an emergency, you need to get some consultation to not go crazy over worrying about the mental health concern that you might have. You can go through the local mental health department if you need this mental health consultation for your mental health concern.

You can also call helplines if you just want to talk about your mental health concern and the mental health professional will take care of your concerns by listening to you intently.

Am I Crazy? Test

This test will evaluate if you are having some complications in your thinking processes which will make people think you have gone crazy. This test will help you know if you have this state of mind which you can find an intervention for or you don’t have this mental state and can go live your life in a healthy way.

Instructions: The following questions will indicate if you are crazy or not and please read the following carefully and answer the choice that is close to your experience. You need to answer the questions honestly to get the accurate result in the end.

You can also try the Am I disabled quiz.

Have you ever harmed yourself due to a certain reason?

• Yes – 1
• No – 0

Did you ever play with your blood?

• Yes – 1
• No – 0

Did you try to electrocute yourself on purpose?

• Yes – 1
• No – 0

Do you always talk to yourself even in public?

• Yes – 1
• No – 0

Do you talk to inanimate objects almost all the time?

• Yes – 1
• No – 1

Did you watch an animal dying through fire for fun?

• Yes – 1 
• No – 0

Do you listen to voices in your head?

• Yes – 1
• No – 0

Do you think dead animals are cool?

• Yes – 1
• No – 0

Have you been admitted to a psychiatric ward?

• Yes – 1
• No – 0

Do you hate a certain colour for no specific reason?

• Yes – 1
• No – 0

Total scoring criteria:

6 – 10 points – crazy

4 – 5 points – sometimes crazy

0 – 3 points – not crazy

You can also take the ‘Am i racist’ quiz.

Citations

WebMD. What ‘Am I Crazy?’ Really Means.