KNOW YOUR DRAGONS QUIZ

Crafted By World-Renowned Psychiatrist Daniel Amen, MD

KNOW YOUR DRAGONS QUIZ RESULTS

Crafted By World-Renowned Psychiatrist Daniel Amen, MD

Check yes for any of the following that apply to you.

Do you often feel overlooked or unimportant?

YES NO

Are you often lonely?

YES NO

Do you crave attention or praise from others?

YES NO

While you were growing up, was your mother or father emotionally or physically unavailable to you? Were they absent or neglectful?

YES NO

Growing up did you often feel small, invisible or insignificant?

YES NO

Check yes for any of the following that apply to you.

Did you grow up feeling “less than” others (ability, looks, achievement, or relationships)?

YES NO

Were you often criticized by parents or other authority figures?

YES NO

Do you frequently compare yourself to others in a negative way?

YES NO

Do you feel like you must be perfect to be any good at all?

YES NO

When you look in the mirror is your first tendency to notice what is wrong about yourself?

YES NO

Check yes for any of the following that apply to you.

Did you have a stressful or unpredictable childhood?

YES NO

Do you have frequent feelings of nervousness, anxiety or panic?

YES NO

Do you tend to predict the worst or see the future with fear?

YES NO

Are you sensitive to rejection or have a fear of being judges by others?

YES NO

Do you tend to avoid conflict at all costs?

YES NO

Check yes for any of the following that apply to you.

Have you experienced significant emotional trauma in the past, such as bullying or physical, emotional, or sexual abuse?

YES NO

Have you experienced intense periods of stress, such as being taken into foster care, or being in a fire, flood, or assault?

YES NO

Do you have recurrent and upsetting thoughts of a past traumatic event (pandemic lockdown, molestation, accident, fire, etc)?

YES NO

Do you have marked physical response to events that remind you of a past upsetting event (such as sweating when getting in a car if you had been in a car accident)?

YES NO

Do you avoid situations that cause you to remember an upsetting event?

YES NO

Check yes for any of the following that apply to you.

Were you raised in a culture of shame or guilt, where people tried to control you by making you feel bad?

YES NO

Were you often humiliated, embarrassed, belittled, judged, or criticized?

YES NO

Do you want to hide, withdraw, or engage in self-harmful behaviors in secret?

YES NO

Do you routinely feel like guilt is motivating your actions and prompting you to do things that don’t fit your wants or goals?

YES NO

Do you often think in words like should, must, ought and have-to?

YES NO

Check yes for any of the following that apply to you.

Did you have parents or caregivers who never said no to you?

YES NO

Do you tend to lack empathy for others?

YES NO

Do you get angry or rude if you don’t get your way?

YES NO

Do you feel like others should do things for you?

YES NO

Do you often say, “You owe me …” “I deserve …” or “It’s their fault …”

YES NO

Check yes for any of the following that apply to you.

Did you ever feel powerless to help someone you loved who was suffering?

YES NO

Does helping others make you feel significant?

YES NO

If something bad happened to a loved one (illness, accident, etc.), did you think it was your fault?

YES NO

Do you feel it’s your duty to help others?

YES NO

Do you tend to take on too much responsibility?

YES NO

Check yes for any of the following that apply to you.

While growing up were you hurt, shamed, bullied, abused, or disappointed by others?

YES NO

Do you experience frequent anger or irritability?

YES NO

Do you get easily frustrated and take it out on others?

YES NO

Have people ever told you that are rude or inconsiderate?

YES NO

Do you tend to purposely ignore others or act in a belittling or condescending way when upset?

YES NO

Check yes for any of the following that apply to you.

Growing up did you perceive life was unfair?

YES NO

Do you feel a need to correct others when they are wrong?

YES NO

Do you tend to be critical of others?

YES NO

Do you tend to tell others what they should think or feel?

YES NO

Do you say things like … “If I was king or queen the world would be a better place?”

YES NO

Check yes for any of the following that apply to you.

Early in life did someone you care about become seriously ill or die?

YES NO

Does death preoccupy your thoughts?

YES NO

Do you have a pervading sense of doom?

YES NO

Are you afraid of aging or losing your youth?

YES NO

Do you worry about yourself or someone you love getting sick?

YES NO

Check yes for any of the following that apply to you.

Have you lost someone important to you that you continue to think about? (such as through death, separation or divorce, breakup of a love interest or close friend, peer group, having a partner with dementia, or empty nest syndrome)

YES NO

Have you lost something important? (such as your health, job, finances)

YES NO

Have you lost an attachment to ideas or what could have been? (identity, success, having a healthy child – when yours has a disability)

YES NO

Do you have anxiety or depression that still persists after a loss?

YES NO

Do you find it hard to let go of what might have been?

YES NO

Check yes for any of the following that apply to you.

Do you often feel hopeless, helpless, or worthless?

YES NO

Do you often feel sad or depressed?

YES NO

Do you feel powerless to change how you feel?

YES NO

Do your thoughts tend to be negative?

YES NO

Do you often feel life is not worth living?

YES NO

Check yes for any of the following that apply to you.

Did your parents, grandparents, or other ancestors experience significant emotional trauma or loss?

YES NO

Did any of your ancestors die early (illness, accident, violence, suicide)?

YES NO

Were any of your ancestors the victim, witness, perpetrator, or falsely accused of a serious crime?

YES NO

Were any of your ancestors abandoned by or separated from their family?

YES NO

Do you have seemingly unfounded fears, anxiety or behaviors that make little to no sense to you?

YES NO

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Disclaimer: The purpose of this quiz is to provide general information regarding brain types related to healthy brains. Taking this quiz does not create a physician/patient relationship between you, Dr. Amen, or the other physicians at Amen Clinics. Importantly, this quiz is not intended to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent any condition. Please consult a mental health professional if you believe you have a mental health concern.