Quiz
Does any of this
sound familiar?
This is not a diagnosis. Only a professional can do that. But when I was first wondering if something was different about my brain, a simple list of questions would have helped me decide whether to go see someone.
Answer honestly. There are no right answers. At the end, you will get a sense of which topics on this site might be relevant to you.
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When you're reading a book you love, what happens?
The 7 questions
- When you're reading a book you love, what happens?
- I can read for 4 hours straight without realizing it
- I read a few pages, then my mind wanders
- The book's emotions take me over completely
- I read normally, at my own pace
- How do you react to a sudden loud noise?
- Strong startle, takes me a while to recover
- I startle but get over it quickly
- It bothers me but I cope
- I analyze it immediately: where it came from, why
- Faced with a boring administrative task:
- I put it off for weeks despite the urgency
- I do it but think about 10 other things
- I get very stressed in advance
- I do it; not exciting, but done
- In a group conversation:
- My brain is already three connections ahead
- I pick up everyone's emotions, it absorbs me
- I lose the thread if it goes on too long
- I participate normally
- How would you describe your sleep?
- My brain doesn't stop at night, takes me a while to fall asleep
- I am tired but wired, or the opposite
- The day's events keep replaying in my head
- I sleep pretty well in general
- When someone criticizes you:
- It hits me deeply, I think about it for days
- I analyze if it is justified, then move on
- I forget pretty quickly, other things take over
- It does not affect me much
- Your creativity:
- Constant, sometimes exhausting, my brain generates non-stop
- It comes in intense waves and then disappears
- It is fed by what I feel around me
- I am creative when I need to be