...and post the results.

http://similarminds.com/personality_disorder.html

Paranoid  	        ||||||  	        22%  	49%
Schizoid 	        |||||||||||||||| 	62% 	53%
Schizotypal 	        |||||||||| 	        38% 	53%
Antisocial 	        |||| 	                18% 	47%
Borderline 	        |||||| 	                22% 	47%
Histrionic 	        |||||| 	                22% 	43%
Narcissistic 	        |||||||||||| 	        46% 	41%
Avoidant 	        |||||||||| 	        38% 	39%
Dependent 	        |||||| 	                30% 	37%
Obsessive-Compulsive 	|||||| 	                22% 	40%

I think I might be more OCD than the test indicates, since I did take the time to line all those up...

(Left column is me, right column is average.)

Again?

These days I think all sucks, including that test.

You can not say someone is something in a sooo few question.
Also in reality each result of that test would need a long study from multiple people.

Last, it's false.

I can really ensure you that I am not antisocial, you can ask my phone bills.

I don't trust your phone bills — not since that time we were in that Irish place and they claimed they could eat 100 crackers in under a minute.

I was not there, that was why ;-p

Paranoid  	||||||||||||  	        50%  	49%
Schizoid 	|||||||||||||||| 	70% 	53%
Schizotypal 	|||||||||||||||| 	66% 	53%
Antisocial 	|||||||||||||||| 	62% 	47%
Borderline 	|||||| 	                22% 	47%
Histrionic 	|||||||||||| 	        50% 	43%
Narcissistic 	|||||||||||||||| 	70% 	41%
Avoidant 	|||||||||| 	        34% 	39%
Dependent 	|| 	                10% 	37%
Obsessive-Compulsive 	|||||||||| 	38% 	40%

So, schizoid, schizotypal and narcissistic.

Paranoid  	||||||  	22%  	49%
Schizoid 	|||||||||||||| 	58% 	53%
Schizotypal 	|||||||||||| 	42% 	53%
Antisocial 	|||||||||||| 	42% 	47%
Borderline 	|||||||||||||| 	54% 	47%
Histrionic 	|||||||||||| 	42% 	43%
Narcissistic 	|||||| 	        22% 	41%
Avoidant 	|||||| 	        26% 	39%
Dependent 	|||||||||| 	38% 	37%
OC           	|||||||||| 	34% 	40%

shrug

Paranoid  	||||||||||  	        34%  	49%
Schizoid 	|||||||||||||||| 	70% 	53%
Schizotypal 	|||||||||||||| 	        54% 	53%
Antisocial 	|||||| 	                26% 	47%
Borderline 	|||| 	                14% 	47%
Histrionic 	|||||| 	                22% 	43%
Narcissistic 	|||||||||||||| 	        54% 	41%
Avoidant 	|||| 	                14% 	39%
Dependent 	|||||| 	                30% 	37%
Obsessive-
Compulsive 	|||||| 	                22% 	40%

Paranoid		||||||		26%
Schizoid		||||||||||||	50%
Schizotypal		||||||||||||	50%
Antisocial		||||||||||	34%
Borderline		||||||||||||	46%
Histrionic		||||||||||	34%
Narcissistic		||||||		26%
Avoidant		||||||||||||	50%
Dependent		||||||		22%
Obsessive-Compulsive	||||||		22%

I can't believe that I have a borderline probability of 46.

Paranoid    ||||||||||||||    54%    49%
Schizoid   ||||||||||||||     58%   53%
Schizotypal   ||||||||||||||     58%   53%
Antisocial   ||||||||||||     42%   47%
Borderline   ||||||       22%   47%
Histrionic   ||||||       26%   43%
Narcissistic   ||||||||||||     46%   41%
Avoidant   ||||||||||||     46%   39%
Dependent   ||||||||||     34%   37%
Compulsive   ||||||||||||||||  62%   40%

well.. that was a waste of time.

Paranoid          ||||||||||||||||  70%  49%
Schizoid          ||||||||||||||||||||  86%  53%
Schizotypal          ||||||||||||||||  62%  53%
Antisocial          ||||||||||          34%  47%
Borderline          ||||||||||||||||  66%  47%
Histrionic          ||||||                  30%  43%
Narcissistic          ||||||||||||          50%  41%
Avoidant          ||||||||||||          46%  39%
Dependent          ||||||||||||||          54%  37%
Obsessive-Compulsive  ||||||||||||||||  66%  40%

These things are always ridiculously ominous. The irony here is that I scored second lowest overall on Anti-social and higher on Schizoid, Paranoid and Borderline than Obsessive-Compulsive. Funny, considering I was diagnosed as suffering from OCD and social phobia three years ago.

What a bunch of rubbish!

You should just walk in to your doctor's clinic and ask him or her for an apology since they were so obviously wrong. In fact, the first thing you should say is "I took this test on the internet..." and watch the trained medical practitioner's eyes just sort of glaze over.

Those are not the same. Anti-social is closer to Psychopathy.

Social phobia sounds more like schizoid + avoidant

If you expect a 50-question internet test to accurately diagnose you, then you really do have a disorder!

Can you take the test if you don't have a personality? And what about MPDs? Do they have to take the test more than once and average it out?

Paranoid  	        ||||||  	26%  	49%
Schizoid 	        |||||| 	        30% 	53%
Schizotypal 	        |||||||||| 	34% 	53%
Antisocial 	        |||||||||||| 	50% 	47%
Borderline 	        |||| 	        18% 	47%
Histrionic 	        |||||||||||| 	46% 	43%
Narcissistic 	        |||||||||| 	34% 	41%
Avoidant 	        |||||||||| 	34% 	39%
Dependent 	        |||||| 	        30% 	37%
Obsessive-Compulsive 	|||||| 	        30% 	40%

Can I get a cookie now?

Not until you stop murdering prostitutes and hiding them in your basement, you god damn psycho

I'll certainly consider it! My doctor's actually in trouble at the moment because he waited six weeks to refer me the hospitals diabetes clinic after a blood test. The net result was that from my blood results I was proven to be a Type 1 diabetic and should have been seen within 24 hours, instead I was rushed to hospital having fallen into hyperglycemia, five and a half weeks later.

Dr's piss me off.

Paranoid  	        ||||||||||||||  	54%  	49%
Schizoid 	        |||||||||||||||||| 	78% 	53%
Schizotypal 	        |||||||||| 	        38% 	53%
Antisocial 	        |||||||||||| 	        46% 	47%
Borderline 	        |||||| 	                26% 	47%
Histrionic 	        |||||||||| 	        34% 	43%
Narcissistic 	        |||||||||| 	        38% 	41%
Avoidant 	        |||||||||||| 	        50% 	39%
Dependent 	        || 	                10% 	37%
Obsessive-Compulsive 	|||||||||||| 	        46% 	40%

There is something reassuring that I'm schizoid, but not dependant.

What a load of crap.. I'm definitely NOT paranoid at all..

Who modified my test results?

Paranoid  	        ||||||||||||||||||      74%     49%
Schizoid                ||||||||||              38%     53%
Schizotypal             ||||||||||||            42%     53%
Antisocial              ||||||||||              38%     47%
Borderline              ||||||||||||||          54%     47%
Histrionic              ||||||||||||||          58%     43%
Narcissistic            ||||||||||              38%     41%
Avoidant                ||||||||||||            46%     39%
Dependent               ||||||||||||||          54%     37%
Obsessive-Compulsive    ||||||||||||||          58%     40%

I really don't know if I agree with the results or not. I guess I might have been using the term anti-social wrongly though...

Paranoid  	        ||||||||||||||||  	66%  	49%
Schizoid 	        |||||||||||||||||| 	74% 	53%
Schizotypal 	        |||||||||||||||| 	66% 	53%
Antisocial 	        |||||||||||||| 	        58% 	47%
Borderline 	        |||||||||| 	        34% 	47%
Histrionic 	        |||||| 	                30% 	43%
Narcissistic 	        |||||||||| 	        34% 	41%
Avoidant 	        |||||||||| 	        38% 	39%
Dependent 	        |||||||||| 	        38% 	37%
Obsessive-Compulsive 	|||||||||||| 	        42% 	40%

I always knew I was paranoid...;D

Paranoid                ||||||||||||||||  	62%
Schizoid                |||||||||||||||||||| 	90%
Schizotypal             |||||||||||||||| 	62% 	
Antisocial              |||||||||| 	        34% 	
Borderline              |||| 	                14% 	
Histrionic              |||| 	                14% 	
Narcissistic            |||||||||||||| 	        54% 	
Avoidant                |||||||||||||||||| 	74% 	
Dependent               ||                      10% 	
Obsessive-Compulsive    ||||||||||||||          58% 	

Of course I think it's pretty accurate since I answered the questions.

In particular, I think Schizoid is a good description of me. But their description of Avoidant off base though as I am the complete opposite of "oversensitive to criticism."

Paranoid         	||||||||||||  	42%  	49%
Schizoid 	        |||||||||||| 	50% 	53%
Schizotypal      	|||||||||| 	38% 	53%
Antisocial 	        |||||||||| 	38% 	47%
Borderline       	|||||| 	        26% 	47%
Histrionic 	        |||||||||| 	38% 	43%
Narcissistic 	        |||||||||||| 	46% 	41%
Avoidant        	|||||||||| 	38% 	39%
Dependent 	        ||||||  	30% 	37%
Obsessive-Compulsive 	|||||||||||| 	50% 	40%

I failed at all of them. Not a single score over 50%.
Or maybe my appear to be normal when you're cuckoo as cocoa puffs manual is working!

You left one out:

Denialism 	|||||||||||||||||||||||| 	100%

You're in denial.
No I'm not.
See , that proves it!

Really ? ;-p

</quote>

No he didn't. He implied it.

They're just jealous my personality disorders are more well rounded than theirs are.

Paranoid    ||||||||||            38%    49%
Schizoid   ||||||||||||||           54%   53%
Schizotypal   ||||||||||           34%   53%
Antisocial   ||||||||||||           50%   47%
Borderline   ||||||                   26%   47%
Histrionic   ||||||                   26%   43%
Narcissistic   ||||||||||||||||||   78%   41%
Avoidant   ||||||||||||||           54%   39%
Dependent   ||                   10%   37%
OC     ||||||||||||||           58%   40%

Nothing too interesting. I already knew that I was the greatest person ever.

Paranoid  	        ||||||  	    26%  	49%
Schizoid 	        |||||||||| 	    34% 	53%
Schizotypal 	        |||||||||||||| 	    58% 	53%
Antisocial 	        |||||| 	            26% 	47%
Borderline 	        ||||||||||||||||||  78% 	47%
Histrionic 	        |||||||||||| 	    46% 	43%
Narcissistic 	        |||||||||| 	    38% 	41%
Avoidant 	        |||||||||| 	    38% 	39%
Dependent 	        |||||||||||| 	    42% 	37%
Obsessive-Compulsive 	|||||||||| 	    34% 	40%

About right, I'm more sociable than most people here, but I am unstable in social interactions.

Paranoid |||||||||| 34% 49%
Schizoid |||||||||||||||||| 74% 53%
Schizotypal |||||||||||||| 54% 53%
Antisocial |||||||||||||||| 62% 47%
Borderline |||||||||||| 46% 47%
Histrionic |||||||||| 34% 43%
Narcissistic |||||| 22% 41%
Avoidant |||||||||||||||| 70% 39%
Dependent |||| 18% 37%
Obsessive-Compulsive |||||||||||| 46% 40%

How come there aren't any positive "glass half-full" catagories?

Next time let's do an I.Q. test;D

Somebody should write a script to parse this particular thread looking for these test results and then create a table with highest and lowest stats for each.

Some of you guys are pretty messed up.
But Matthew's seems about right.

  Paranoid              ||||              14%  49%
  Schizoid              ||||||||||||||||  70%  53%
  Schizotypal           ||||||||||||||    54%  53%
  Antisocial            ||||||||||        34%  47%
  Borderline            ||||||            26%  47%
  Histrionic            ||||              18%  43%
  Narcissistic          ||||||||||        34%  41%
  Avoidant              ||||||||||        38%  39%
  Dependent             ||||||            22%  37%
  Obsessive-Compulsive  ||||||||||        38%  40%

I also think I am more Obsessive Compulsive than the test indicates.
It didn't have many questions on that though. I tend to rotate things to that they line up. For example, if a pen is on a table, I sometimes feel the urge to rotate it so that it is parallel with the table edge, but there were no questions on that sort of thing.

Ever played Leisure Suit Larry 7? (Love for Sail). Vicki the (dormant) nympho does that.

No, I haven't. Though, I just read my quote as 'if a penis on a table' .

That'll be the Schizoid at work then..

Psychiatrist: I'm going to give you a Rorschach test now. Tell me what you see in these pictures.

What's this?

Patient: A keyhole! And wow! The things that are going on in that room!

Psych: What's this?

Patient: A window! And that's one hot babe in that room!

Psych: And this?

Patient: A porthole on a ship! And they're really rocking that boat!

Psych: I'm afraid you're deeply disturbed...

Patient: What?!? You're the one with all the dirty pictures!

Stupid fixed test. It seems to be impossible to get 0% on everything. Minimum is 10% in all categories and that's when you answer "very inaccurate" to everything, except for "very accurate" at "I enjoy social gatherings."

Personality "disorders" my a$$.:-X

All of the described behavioral patterns are perfectly human ways of acting/feeling, nothing "disordered" about it, in my opinion.

Here is a great and accurate test for those dissatisfied with their disorder results.

Careful though, it's got quite a few pages.

Its not the actual behaviour that's seen as a sign, but the degree of seriousness.. Being a little shy or a little outspoken is fine, being a lot of ANYTHING can be a bad thing.

Tests show nothing. I can go to self-diagnosis site and end up having high possibility of cancer, when in fact all I have is tireness caused by going to bed late.

Trait           funny bars      me      web
Paranoid    ||||||||||    34%    49%
Schizoid   ||||||||||||||   54%   53%
Schizotypal   ||||||||||||   42%   53%
Antisocial   ||||||||||   38%   47%
Borderline   ||||||||||||   42%   47%
Histrionic   ||||||||||   34%   43%
Narcissistic   ||||||||||||   50%   41%
Avoidant   ||||||||||||   42%   39%
Dependent   ||||||||||||   42%   37%
Obsessive-Comp   ||||||||||||   42%   40%

I guess you won't be coming out for a pint if we ever meet then

Not that bad Neil! It's more to do with relationships I've had in the past with women. But then I suppose we've all had issues with that!

WTF? I'm not even sure what that means, and my reading comprehension is very good.

EDIT:

And why does it seem like every other question mentions deja vu?

Paranoid             |||||||||||| 42%  
Schizoid             |||||||||||||||| 66% 
Schizotypal          |||||||||||| 42% 
Antisocial           |||||||||||| 42%  
Borderline           |||||| 22% 
Histrionic           |||||||||| 34% 
Narcissistic         |||||||||||||| 54% 
Avoidant             |||||| 26% 
Dependent            || 10% 
Obsessive-Compulsive |||||||||||| 42%

The OCD may be accurate since I had to arrange the chart perfectly.

I'm nutz

One can positively determine if he has cancer. Symptoms may not be clear, but going to the doctor and running scans can easily determine the cause.

"Personality disorders" often have no known traceable cause. The only way you are diagnosed with one is to be observed by a professional. Thus taking a well constructed test (I'm not suggesting that this one is) could be fairly accurate.

I fit all seven of DSM-IV-TR's criteria for schizoid personality disorder, most to very extreme levels. Only four are required. Of course, there is an escape clause that includes "must not have some other disorder like Asperger syndrome."

I of course don't know what label a psychologist would give me, if any. I suppose it could easily differ depending on which one I went to. But to me, the exact label doesn't really matter unless you are looking to change the way you are.

Then it would be helpful to get a precise diagnosis because symptoms could be due to something else, like depression or a real medical condition.

Many disorders are overlapping. Even if you were to get 95% and 90% on two them, it's possible that you really are only labeled as one. One of the criteria is usually something like, "And isn't characterized by some other disorder."

I agree that in general that "disorder" is too harsh of a word. But all of them can negatively impact your life, so they cannot be completely ignored.

And one should never use some label as an excuse for any negative actions. If your disorder is "causing" you to do bad things, then you should check yourself in somewhere.

First test:

Paranoid               ||||||||||||            50%    49%
Schizoid               ||||||||||||||||||||    86%    53%
Schizotypal            ||||||||||||||||        66%    53%
Antisocial             ||||||||||||            42%    47%
Borderline             ||||||||||||            42%    47%
Histrionic             ||||||||||||            46%    43%
Narcissistic           ||||||||||              38%    41%
Avoidant               ||||||||||||||||        66%    39%
Dependent              ||||||||||||            50%    37%
Obsessive-Compulsive   ||||||||||||            46%    40%

Feels about right, though I'm not sure about Histrionic. I thinking my sig may say otherwise...

Seconded.

Matthew Leverton said good things too.

_{Drunk. Trippin'.}

This reminds me of a comment on how a plea of insanity for murder implies that murder may very well have been the sane thing to do.

I tried posting my results earlier, Safari crashed. Bad sign? How do we read these results anyway?

Paranoid |||||||||||||| 54% 49%
Schizoid |||||||||||||| 58% 53%
Schizotypal |||||||||||||||| 62% 53%
Antisocial |||||| 30% 47% // Me? I thought it would be higher.
Borderline |||||||||||||||| 62% 47%
Histrionic |||||||||||||| 58% 43%
Narcissistic |||||| 30% 41%
Avoidant |||||||||||||| 54% 39%
Dependent |||||||||||| 50% 37%
Obsessive-Compulsive |||||||||||| 42% 40%

I guess I should actually take the test...

Paranoid            ||||||||||||    50%    49%
Schizoid           ||||||||||||   50%   53%
Schizotypal           ||||||||||||||   54%   53%
Antisocial           ||||||||||||   46%   47%
Borderline           ||||||||||||||   58%   47%
Histrionic           ||||||||||||   46%   43%
Narcissistic           ||||||           26%   41%
Avoidant           ||||||||||||   42%   39%
Dependent           ||||||           30%   37%
Obsessive-Compulsive   ||||||           26%   40%

I forgot I downloaded some sort of personality test based on selecting favorite colors a couple of months ago, I took it and it seemed very accurate (describing me) and since it wasn't very complimentary, I worried about it for a couple of hours. Then I had the idea of choosing the colors in order, by rows, then by columns. It still "seemed" accurate and derogatory. This sort of thing is called "Medical students disease".

Paranoid      ||                 10%    49%
Schizoid     ||||||||||||        50%   53%
Schizotypal     ||||||||||          38%   53%
Antisocial     ||||||              26%   47%
Borderline     ||||                18%   47%
Histrionic     ||||||||||||        42%   43%
Narcissistic     ||||||||||||        50%   41%
Avoidant     ||||||||||          34%   39%
Dependent     ||||||||||||||||    62%   37%
Obsessive-Compulsive   ||||||||||||||||||  74%   40%

EDIT: ...wow, the last-highest "Obsessive-Compulsive" is Nial Giacomelli... dang.

At least you won't suspect me when I poison your drink.

You should never trust a questionaire. Just because you think or do things one way doesn't mean you have a disorder. Unless of course you wish to join scientology who will give you a test and sell you a book in 5 minutes

But just to show how bad these tests are, my son has been recently diagnosed with ASD (they don't put specific tags on them in this country, e.g. aspergers, etc), simply he is very mild with specific difficulties such as interpreting idioms/metaphors/etc and socialising (but don't we all). It has taken the professionals (I'm talking 10+ experts, including a paediatritian, psychologist, speech therapists, occuational therapist) about 6 years to decide this, so 20 questions is hardly going to help anyone

What is "borderline" anyway? I thought it was used in conjunction with another disorder, such as "borderline schizophrenic", meaning a person who was dangerously close to schizophrenia.

the internet is your friend

Paranoid    ||||||||||||||||||    74%    49%
Schizoid   ||||||||||||||||||||    90%   53%
Schizotypal   ||||||||||||||           58%   53%
Antisocial   ||||||||||||||||   70%   47%
Borderline   ||||||||||||           42%   47%
Histrionic   ||||||||||           34%   43%
Narcissistic   ||||||||||           38%   41%
Avoidant   ||||||||||||||           54%   39%
Dependent   ||||||                   26%   37%
Obsessive-Compulsive   ||||||||||||||   54%   40%

Paranoid, Schizoid and Antisocial?
I highly disagree

Paranoid    ||||||    22%    49%
Schizoid   ||||||||||||||||62%   53%
Schizotypal   ||||||||||||||   54%   53%
Antisocial   ||||||||||||   50%   47%
Borderline   ||||||||||||   46%   47%
Histrionic   ||||||     26%   43%
Narcissistic   ||||||||||||   50%   41%
Avoidant   ||||     18%   39%
Dependent   ||||||     26%   37%
Obsessive-Compulsive   ||||||   22%   40%

Meh...
Schizoid is rather descriptive of me... the only thing that seems a little off there is the narcissistic element, I would have expected a little lower than 50%, I certainly don't admire myself or think I'm all that and a bag of chips.

Of course. That's what I said.

A good test might help you judge your symptoms relative to other people who take that test. And no, that doesn't prove any cause, but unless you're looking for some sort of "explanation" for your actions it doesn't really matter.

I'm not so sure how much I even believe in the usefulness of general labels determined by observation anyway. I think if ten experts analyzed any of us for six years, they'd end up with enough dirt to label us as something.

Everyone has something its just a matter of severity. A disorder is really just dis order. Its all really just the normal parts over or under performing. Wether or not it effects you or others in a bad way determines the actual problem if there is one.

Paranoid             ||||||         30% 49% 
Schizoid             |||||||||||||| 58% 53% 
Schizotypal          ||||||         30% 53% 
Antisocial           ||||||         26% 47% 
Borderline           ||||||         22% 47% 
Histrionic           ||||||         22% 43% 
Narcissistic         ||||||||||||   50% 41% 
Avoidant             ||||||         26% 39% 
Dependent            ||||||         26% 37% 
Obsessive-Compulsive ||||||         30% 40%

Mmm, those were lower than I expected...

Paranoid        22%  	49%
Schizoid        46% 	53%
Schizotypal     74% 	53%
Antisocial      18% 	47%
Borderline      34% 	47%
Histrionic      34% 	43%
Narcissistic    42% 	41%
Avoidant        22% 	39%
Dependent       30% 	37%
Obs-Com         22% 	40%

Programmers certainly aren't paranoid...

We're apparently schizoid and narcissistic, though.

You know, I actually don't consider myself all that great. But sometimes, when I go past a mirror, I just get that feeling and say "Man, you look good. You're the man!". Its rare, but it happens.

http://www.allegro.cc/files/attachment/594910

Paranoid  		||||||  		30%  	49%
Schizoid 		|||||||||||||||| 	62% 	53%
Schizotypal 		|||||||||| 		34% 	53%
Antisocial 		|||||||||| 		38% 	47%
Borderline 		|||| 			18% 	47%
Histrionic 		|||| 			14% 	43%
Narcissistic 		|||||| 			30% 	41%
Avoidant 		|||||| 			26% 	39%
Dependent 		|||||| 			26% 	37%
Obsessive-Compulsive 	|||||||||||| 		50% 	40%

Paranoid  	        ||||||||||  	34%  	49%
Schizoid 	        |||||||||||||| 	54% 	53%
Schizotypal 	        |||||||||| 	34% 	53%
Antisocial 	        |||||||||| 	38% 	47%
Borderline 	        |||||||||| 	38% 	47%
Histrionic 	        |||||| 	        26% 	43%
Narcissistic 	        |||||| 	        26% 	41%
Avoidant 	        |||||| 	        30% 	39%
Dependent 	        |||||||||||| 	50% 	37%
Obsessive-Compulsive 	|||||||||||| 	42% 	40%

I guess that's accurate. I can't really tell.

For my career strategies class, we had to take this test. It's a short little test with a bunch of yes/no questions and at the end gives you one of 16 personality types from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. For example, my personality type was INFP (the same as Shakespears and Anne of Green Gables ) It was actually quite accurate. The descriptions it gave me of my type pretty much described me perfectly.

The MBTI is much like a horoscope.

Now let's compare everyone's scores to the ones they got in the two previous threads...

I got to around 100 when I looked at the date on the bottom of the page. Not funny! (I feel stupid.)

Yeah, I can see that. It's hard to imagine that they could break down every personality type into 16 categories. But still, my type described me pretty well. I guess that means I'm a stereotype.

I'm INTP.

All this stuff is. It just highlights single aspects that are present in everybody. It's entertaining though.

Asperger test

I got a 13. 18 is average male, 32+ is Asperger's.

I got a 30 on the Asperger test. These tests (including the original personality one) probably have zero false negatives, but are ripe with false positives.

I got 24 on the Asperger test. Guess that means I'm a geek. And while I kind of am, usually when I tell people I'm into computers they are a little surprised.

Same here.

I got a 20, pretty average.

heh, i expected a much higher score for paranoid

Paranoid    ||||||||||    34%    49%
Schizoid   ||||||||||||   42%   53%
Schizotypal   ||||||||||   34%   53%
Antisocial   ||||||||||   38%   47%
Borderline   ||||||           30%   47%
Histrionic   ||||||           26%   43%
Narcissistic   ||||||||||   34%   41%
Avoidant   ||||||           26%   39%
Dependent   ||||||           26%   37%
Obsessive-Compulsive   ||   10%   40%

Y: Every one of your scores is weaker than average. Have you been doing Gentoo?

Well, tests are only accurate if you can relate to the questions. On some of the questions neither answer seemed right, but on most of them it was a definite yes or a definite no. That has a big effect on whether or not the result will fit or not.

The list of careers it gave were just careers which would be a good match with your personality and skills, not careers that you'd actually want to do. I suppose you could think that usually if someone's good at something they'd enjoy doing it, but that's not always the case.

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Hehe, apparently you didn't want people to read that. I guess it's a good thing I didn't quote you then.

I too got 30 on the Asperger test.

Sorry for editing. If I knew you were replying to it I wouldn't have. At first I was OK with posting it, but it slowly became apparent that the personality type didn't fit me (IMO) and I didn't want to be associated with it. I guess I don't mind if people know what I scored (INFJ). I think the test was biased though and in this particular case didn't match it's user very well. In particular, I like to help people when the opportunity presents itself (and when the help is something I'm comfortable with), but I don't seek opportunities to help people and I despise the career suggestions. Helping people doesn't seem to define me...

It's a conspiracy.

Now I'm back to not knowing again... Parts of this description for INFJ fit me pretty well, but other parts (activism, careers) do not.

No worries. I didn't mind, I mostly found it amusing.

The careers it gave me were (if I can recall correctly) philosophy, writing, humanities, web development (I was surprised by this one... since it's not something I would have associated my personality with but I still like to do it), and archeology. Now, I can't imagine myself doing any of those (except for web development) as an actual career, but they're all things that when I do end up doing, it comes pretty easily (I don't know about archeology).

I got a 20. I think they mixed up our results.

The questions could use a little more indirectness to them.

Paranoid    ||||||||||||||||||    78%    49%
Schizoid   ||||||||||||||||   70%   53%
Schizotypal   ||||||||||||   42%   53%
Antisocial   ||||||||||||   50%   47%
Borderline   ||   10%   47%
Histrionic   ||||   14%   43%
Narcissistic   ||||||||||||   42%   41%
Avoidant   ||||   18%   39%
Dependent   ||   10%   37%
Obsessive-Compulsive   ||||||||||||||||   66%   40%

You should all be on medication like me. 7.5 mg olanzapine before bed, 20mg citalopram in the morning. The olanzapine is an anti-psychotic which supposedly stops me from going postal but I put it down to the mere fact that I'm not armed. The other is meant to stop me getting depressed but really just makes me feel like a zombie with slightly above average mood.

my read out is about the same as Edgar Reynaldo's there are no passing grades.

edit: so it must be a normal reading:D

Edit2 i would love to see their formal so i could see how close it comes to my study

Edit3: NOtce how almost every on with high Obsessive-Comp rating formated their data nicely those with the higher ones ever went as far to change the name so things would look better.

Well, but not socializing with people is a good thing, because it gives you time to get stuff done/to practice your skills.

I guess you're right.

I scored 32 on that Asperger Test.
That does not make me feel bad though, I think I handle the boring everyday life stuff just fine (by ignoring most of it and doing only the bare necessities (eat/sleep/work)).

23 on the Asperger's test. Although I am not sure what the difference between slightly agree and slightly disagree would be. The borderline definition is close to me, except I was never molested as a child. Near miss, a pedophilic priest came to my house looking for my younger brothers once.

[edit] Would matching white socks be considered obsessive-compulsive?

Am I the only one who's noticed that the schizoid levels are fairly high among us?

EDIT: Well, mostly above average now that I think about it.

maybe thats what it takes to be a programmer. its a side affect of being able to grasp abstract thinking

Piccolo says something with which I partially agree, let alone understand?

Programming tends to be a solitary task, especially if you're self taught. A lot of us probably spent our younger / teenage years behind computers as opposed to socializing with our peers. While that doesn't answer the question of whether or not we were "predisposed" to a schizoid-like personality, I think the relationship is there.

How would that work? Make people think that they aren't paranoid, so they take their thoughts about conspiracy seriously? Some incompetent conspiracy.

I'd also expect a lot of false positives for an Asperger's test on a programming forum. It's also known as "Geek Syndrome" after all.

I scored a 42, which is less than usual.

I got a 29 on the Asperger test, not sure what does that mean, but it seems average.

Wow, you guys suck at not having Asperger's.

That's what they want you to think!;)

Sir, we are they.

...and by posting this exchange, the conspiracy will never be taken seriously!

Exactly.

I just showed up as dependant. Other than that, I think I was fine.