# Do you like those personality quizzes? Take the depression test. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 28, 2000, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551 "2000-12-28T19:53:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![caircair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caircair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caircair)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/21 "2000-12-28T20:53:51Z")
22, but it’s no surprise. I’ve already been diagnosed and am on medication for it. It’s just that wintertime is worse for me, especially the long, grey days here in Seattle. Basically, I’m depressed (moderately to seriously)from September through April. Spring and summer are better. ---
**Author:** ![zyzzyva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zyzzyva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zyzzyva)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/22 "2000-12-28T20:55:09Z")
Woo! I got a 60 too! Well, okay… actually i got a 12. That’s probably actually higher than it would normally be. This has been a bad week for me. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/23 "2000-12-28T20:55:22Z")
47, **Eve** …oy. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/24 "2000-12-28T20:58:46Z")
51 Now where’s that therapist’s number… I’ve lost it twice hmmm? oh and I answered truthfully:( ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/25 "2000-12-28T20:59:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ssskuggiii \* > \*\*You scored a total of 5. > 0 - 9: No Depression Likely > > \*\* Pssst… I used to have 49 out of 54… now doesnt that make me proud? I just took it too though… 4 points. Does that mean I am no longer mental? dodgy (again) ---
**Author:** ![caircair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@caircair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caircair)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/26 "2000-12-28T20:59:16Z")
On Dodgy’s test I’m a 32. Sounds like I’d better talk to the DR. about upping/changing the meds! ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/27 "2000-12-28T20:59:58Z")
The damn thing told me to kill myself now before I drag anyone down with me! [sub]That’s a lie. My score was 34.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/28 "2000-12-28T21:01:32Z")
On Dodgy’s test I scored a 43 On the OP’s test, I scored a 36. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/29 "2000-12-28T21:02:46Z")
67 on dodgy’s test. now if there were just a way so that the life insurance wouldn’t get denied… ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/30 "2000-12-28T21:03:07Z")
Hey I got a 12. and I thought I was a loon or something! ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/31 "2000-12-28T21:03:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by caircair \* > \*\*On Dodgy’s test I’m a 32. Sounds like I’d better talk to the DR. about upping/changing the meds! \*\* it is pretty acurat usually… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/32 "2000-12-28T21:04:11Z")
Damn—I am no longer the Queen of the Blues! I just read the wonderful new bio of Patrick Dennis by Eric Myers (rush out and get it!). I am amazed to read that Patrick Dennis was put in an asylum because “he professed emptiness and boredom, a complete weariness with life. All he longed for, he insisted, was the oblivion offered by death.” They commit you for that!? I thought that was everyone’s normal mental state! ---
**Author:** ![Pucette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@Pucette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pucette)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/33 "2000-12-28T21:04:12Z")
I got a 9. I wonder if the zip code, race and gender questions impact on this final number. I mean, residents of NYC are obviously less depressed than others… :rolleyes: And yet somehow, I’m still such a sucker for these tests! Must be all that multiple-choice… ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/34 "2000-12-28T21:08:43Z")
[homer] sweet, sweet oblivion… [/homer] 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/35 "2000-12-28T21:09:58Z")
Damn! I got a 25 and need to seek professional help. I didn’t think I was that bad off. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/36 "2000-12-28T21:10:15Z")
51 Now where’s that therapist’s number… I’ve lost it twice hmmm? oh and I answered truthfully:( ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/37 "2000-12-28T21:12:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tubagirl \* > \*\*I didn’t think I was that bad off. \*\* My sentiments exactly. I thought that my feelings were normal, but apparently I need to immediately seek some kind of professional help. According to this test and to **Dodgy’s**. Oh well. It’s really just the loneliness ya know. I’ve been thinking of the “alternative” a lot lately too, but that’s neither here nor there. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/38 "2000-12-28T21:19:54Z")
??? Where’d that come from? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/39 "2000-12-28T21:20:28Z")
> [@](#): > > **Your CESD score is 43** > > The likelihood that you have major or clinical depression is high. You should see a trained health professional to confirm the diagnosis and discuss what treatment might be best for you. Some people with depression begin to feel that nothing will make them feel better. This is an expected feeling when you are depressed. You need to talk with someone about how depression is treated today and learn more about the large number of people like yourself who have recovered. I am _so_ shocked! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551/40 "2000-12-28T21:27:38Z")
On Simetra’s test, I scored 32, “The likelihood that you have major or clinical depression is high.” On BornDodgy’s test, I scored 52, just two points below “severely depressed.” None of this is a surprise. I’m a Paxil addict, I’m in counseling, I am severely disabled and getting worse all the time, I have sexual problems, I dreamed of being an artist but I’m stuck in a go-no-where secretarial job which I’ll probably be too disabled to do someday soon, we’re broke, my dad is dead, and my dog isn’t the sort that likes to cuddle. I keep telling myself that every day spent above the ground is a good day, that I still have it better than the starving children in Somalia or the political prisoners in China, blah blah blah, but some days I just hate my life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-those-personality-quizzes-take-the-depression-test/47551.md?page=3)