# How screwed up are you?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 17, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464 "2002-06-17T04:57:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/41 "2002-06-18T13:46:58Z")

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Disorder Rating Information  
Paranoid: High  
Schizoid: Moderate  
Schizotypal: Very High  
Antisocial: Moderate  
Borderline: Moderate  
Histrionic: Very High  
Narcissistic: High  
Avoidant: High  
Dependent: Moderate  
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate

Oh my! :eek:

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**Author:** ![blinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@blinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinx)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/42 "2002-06-18T14:55:18Z")

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High on avoidant and very high on dependent, low on everything else.  
Wish I had someone to depend on… 😉

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**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/43 "2002-06-18T15:06:48Z")

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Lows across the board for me, too. I’m surprised I didn’t get a higher narcissistic rating, because I’m pretty damn arrogant.

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**Author:** ![Barrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Barrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/44 "2002-06-18T16:54:05Z")

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\<table width=“300” cellpadding=“2” cellspacing=“0” border=“0”\>\<tr\>\<td width=“180”\>\<font face=“arial” size="-1"\>\<b\>Disorder\</b\>\</font\>\</td\>\<td width=“120”\>\<font face=“arial” size="-1"\>\<b\>Rating\</b\>\</font\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr\>\<td\>\<font face=“arial” size="-1"\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder\_information2.html#paranoid](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder_information2.html#paranoid)”\>Paranoid\</a\>:\</font\>\</td\>\<td\>\<font color="#ff0000" face=“arial” size="-1"\>Very High\</font\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr\>\<td\>\<font face=“arial” size="-1"\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder\_information2.html#schizoid](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder_information2.html#schizoid)”\>Schizoid\</a\>:\</font\>\</td\>\<td\>\<font color="#000099" face=“arial” size="-1"\>Low\</font\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr\>\<td\>\<font face=“arial” size="-1"\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder\_information2.html#schizotypal](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder_information2.html#schizotypal)”\>Schizotypal\</a\>:\</font\>\</td\>\<td\>\<font color="#cc0033" face=“arial” size="-1"\>High\</font\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr\>\<td\>\<font face=“arial” size="-1"\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder\_information2.html#antisocial](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder_information2.html#antisocial)”\>Antisocial\</a\>:\</font\>\</td\>\<td\>\<font color="#990099" face=“arial” size="-1"\>Moderate\</font\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr\>\<td\>\<font face=“arial” size="-1"\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder\_information2.html#borderline](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder_information2.html#borderline)”\>Borderline\</a\>:\</font\>\</td\>\<td\>\<font color="#990099" face=“arial” size="-1"\>Moderate\</font\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr\>\<td\>\<font face=“arial” size="-1"\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder\_information2.html#histrionic](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder_information2.html#histrionic)”\>Histrionic\</a\>:\</font\>\</td\>\<td\>\<font color="#ff0000" face=“arial” size="-1"\>Very High\</font\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr\>\<td\>\<font face=“arial” size="-1"\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder\_information2.html#narcissistic](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder_information2.html#narcissistic)”\>Narcissistic\</a\>:\</font\>\</td\>\<td\>\<font color="#ff0000" face=“arial” size="-1"\>Very High\</font\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr\>\<td\>\<font face=“arial” size="-1"\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder\_information2.html#avoidant](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder_information2.html#avoidant)”\>Avoidant\</a\>:\</font\>\</td\>\<td\>\<font color="#990099" face=“arial” size="-1"\>Moderate\</font\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr\>\<td\>\<font face=“arial” size="-1"\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder\_information2.html#dependent](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder_information2.html#dependent)”\>Dependent\</a\>:\</font\>\</td\>\<td\>\<font color="#ff0000" face=“arial” size="-1"\>Very High\</font\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr\>\<td\>\<font face=“arial” size="-1"\>\<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder\_information2.html#obsessive](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/disorder_information2.html#obsessive)”\>Obsessive-Compulsive\</a\>:\</font\>\</td\>\<td\>\<font color="#990099" face=“arial” size="-1"\>Moderate\</font\>\</td\>\</tr\>\<tr\>\<td colspan=“2” align=“center”\>\<font color="#000000" face=“arial” size="-1"\>\<br\>-- \<a href=“[http://www.4degreez.com/misc/personality\_disorder\_test.mv](http://www.4degreez.com/misc/personality_disorder_test.mv)”\>Click Here To Take The Test\</a\> --\</font\>\</td\>\</tr\>\</table\>\<br\>

Oh, yeah!

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**Author:** ![Barrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Barrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/45 "2002-06-18T17:04:34Z")

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Disorder | Rating Information  
Paranoid:Very High  
Schizoid: Low  
Schizotypal: High  
Antisocial: Moderate  
Borderline: Moderate  
Histrionic: Very High  
Narcissistic: Very High  
Avoidant: Moderate  
Dependent: Very High  
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate  
Oh, yeah!

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**Author:** ![Barrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@Barrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/46 "2002-06-18T17:07:57Z")

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_looks up_

my sencere appologies for whatever happened there…

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**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/47 "2002-06-18T17:30:22Z")

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Disorder Rating Information  
Paranoid: Very High click for info  
Schizoid: High click for info  
Schizotypal: Very High click for info  
Antisocial: High click for info  
Borderline: Very High click for info  
Histrionic: High click for info  
Narcissistic: High click for info  
Avoidant: Very High click for info  
Dependent: High click for info  
Obsessive-Compulsive: High click for info

OH!

☹

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**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/48 "2002-06-18T18:16:00Z")

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Paranoid: Low  
Schizoid: Low  
Schizotypal: Low  
Antisocial: Low  
Borderline: Low  
Histrionic: High  
Narcissistic: Moderate  
Avoidant: Low  
Dependent: Low  
Obsessive-Compulsive: Low

I can deal with that. The test sucked, but I could have told you the results myself.

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**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/49 "2002-06-18T21:15:51Z")

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Paranoid: High  
Schizoid: High  
Schizotypal: High  
Antisocial: Low  
Borderline: Moderate  
Histrionic: Very High  
Narcissitic: High  
Avoidant: Low  
Dependent: Moderate  
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate

Go figure.

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**Author:** ![Stiletto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Stiletto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stiletto)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/50 "2002-06-18T21:56:58Z")

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Paranoid: Low  
Schizoid: Low  
Schizotypal: Moderate  
Antisocial: Moderate  
Borderline: Low  
Histrionic: Low  
Narcissistic: Moderate  
Avoidant: Low  
Dependent: Low  
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate

Hrm. Not nearly as bad as expected. But then, as mentioned, it’s a lousy test. 😃

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**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/51 "2002-06-18T22:22:07Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Ringo \*  
> **Another pretty sorry-ass Internet psychological test. All yes/no answers (yeah, yeah, I’ve taken an MMPI) with, I suspect, very little in the way of true testing of the (often flawed) questions. It doesn’t take long with this test to figure out how to skew your results.**

Sounds like SOMEONE has a little narcissim problem… 😉

I’m deeeelighted with my results. The ones I was really afraid of were low. Woohoo! I’m either kidding myself, or reasonably sane.  
Paranoid: Low  
Schizoid: Low  
Schizotypal: Low  
Antisocial: Low  
Borderline: Moderate  
Histrionic: Moderate  
Narcissistic: Moderate  
Avoidant: Moderate  
Dependent: Moderate  
Obsessive-Compulsive:Low

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**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/52 "2002-06-21T20:02:45Z")

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AAAARRRRGGHHH! This test has been bothering me for days! Just because I’m a little eccentric and like to tell stories doesn’t mean I’m Schizotypal, does it? Because I don’t want to abe like everyone else? Because I thought it was maybe a little cool that the test said I was screwed up? Does that make me histrionic and narcissistic?

Ttthhhpppttt.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2002, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/53 "2002-06-21T22:49:48Z")

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> [@](#):
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> **schizotypal:** Their speech is often over elaborate and difficult to follow.

Shit, people have so much trouble following me in conversation just because I’m so much _smarter_ than they are.

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**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/54 "2002-06-22T02:45:07Z")

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Exactly, **Cervaise**. This is obviously the key flaw with this test. And I’m NOT obsessing about it. Really, I’m not.

(I know you all think I’m obsessing. Stop thinking about me. Stop it now.)

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/55 "2002-06-22T02:56:14Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Morgainelf \*  
> **Just because I’m a little eccentric and like to tell stories doesn’t mean I’m Schizotypal, does it?**

Nope, hasn’t been bugging for days at all. It has not popped into my mind while I was sitting in my cubicle. I didn’t wonder if it came out on the computer psychologist I had to see before I got hired where I now. I haven’t wondered at all if they haven’t said to them selves “Lsura’s just expressing her schizotypal tendencies today.”  
Bah.

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**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/56 "2002-06-22T02:57:59Z")

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Damn. I’m in a better mood tonight, so I figured I’d take the test again and see what would happen. Here are the results:

Paranoid: Moderate  
Schizoid: Moderate  
Schizotypal: Very High  
Antisocial: Moderate  
Borderline: Moderate  
Histrionic: Very High  
Narcissistic: High  
Avoidant: High  
Dependent: Moderate  
Obsessive-Compulsive: High

Damn, Damn, Damn. I resolve to stop posting to this thread, and to stop thinking about this stupid test. ☹

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/57 "2002-06-22T03:14:13Z")

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Paranoid: High  
Schizoid: Moderate  
Schizotypal: High  
Antisocial: High  
Borderline: Low  
Histrionic: Low  
Narcissistic: Low  
Avoidant: Low  
Dependent: Moderate  
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate  
😃 🆒

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**Author:** ![white-tigeress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@white-tigeress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/white-tigeress)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/58 "2002-06-22T16:59:42Z")

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Disorder  
Rating  
Information

Paranoid:  
High  
click for info

Schizoid:  
Low  
click for info

Schizotypal:  
Moderate  
click for info

Antisocial:  
Low  
click for info

Borderline:  
Low  
click for info

Histrionic:  
High  
click for info

Narcissistic:  
High  
click for info

Avoidant:  
High  
click for info

Dependent:  
Moderate  
click for info

Obsessive-Compulsive:  
Moderate  
click for info

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**Author:** ![Hyphen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d07c76/32.png) [@Hyphen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyphen)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/59 "2002-07-01T10:53:18Z")

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Disorder  
Paranoid: High  
Schizoid: High  
Schizotypal: Very High  
Antisocial: High  
Borderline: Moderate  
Histrionic: Moderate  
Narcissistic: High  
Avoidant: Moderate  
Dependent: Moderate  
Obsessive-Compulsive: High

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**Author:** ![AzRaek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azraek/32/16739_2.png) [@AzRaek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzRaek)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-screwed-up-are-you/114464/60 "2002-07-01T22:49:03Z")

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Paranoid: Very High  
Schizoid: High  
Schizotypal: High  
Antisocial: Moderate  
Borderline: Moderate  
Histrionic: High  
Narcissistic: Very High  
Avoidant: Moderate  
Dependent: Moderate  
Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate

Yeah, no surprises there…

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