Originally Posted by Pedestrian

I'm tellin' you, you're going to have a hard time finding a qualified psychologist to agree with that statement.

Let me preface this next part by disclaiming that it's meant for the thread topic and isn't directed at you, Eric.

You wouldn't take an online quiz to find out if you had gout, would you? Why are people willing to make assumptions about their mental health based on internet advice?

The thing about legitimate psychological tests is that they're designed by psychologists and statisticians to eliminate biases and distractions, be standardized for test norms, provide reliable and accurate results, actually measure that which they are designed to, etc, and even on top of that there's context of responses to take into account, which is why a qualified psychologist needs to interpret the results.

The reality of this test is that it's not scored or administered by anyone with qualifications, it's not backed by any reliable source as a psychological testing tool, we have no idea how it's scored, there's no evidence of its power or accuracy as a measure, and we don't know whether the people who wrote and developed it are qualified to have composed such a thing.

Tests like these, which amount to being counterfeit knockoffs of legitimate tests, are just vague enough that any person can interpret a paragraph or question (written by someone who has never interacted with them and probably has no qualifications) as applying to them. Not only should people not report on their own assessments, but they absolutely by no means ever should be interpreting or scoring their own results.

I'm sorry, but I am studying to do these things as a living and internet pseudo-psychology makes me want to open my skull and squash my own brain in my fists like playdough. There is so much incompetence and misinformation present on the internet. Mental health is a serious issue and should be taken seriously.