Am I Crazy?
Most people who ask, “Am I crazy?” are sane. Such a question is a sign of self-awareness, which excludes the possibility of insanity. But you are still prone to other mental illnesses such as severe depression, PTSD, and bipolar disorder.
Before Taking the Craziness Test
Sometimes, you might feel like you are losing your mind because of a decline in your mental performance. For instance, you feel mentally retarded or unintelligent. If that is the case, take the Stupidity Test on QuizExpo. It reveals if your concerns are valid or not.
What Does Being Crazy Mean
Saying some is “crazy” indicates different meanings. The actual definition of the term depends on the context and situation you use it. Below are the most common uses of this word in everyday life.
· Dictionary Definition
According to the Oxford dictionary, crazy refers to “the condition of being insane; unsoundness of mind as a consequence of brain disease; madness, lunacy.”
· Medical Definition
In medical science, the term crazy is replaced with “insanity,” a broad word to describe high-functioning mental illness. In this sense, the craziness level is high enough to interfere with the patient’s everyday life.
· Legal Definition
Craziness in law defines the ability to determine right from wrong. So, in this sense, you are crazy if you cannot tell what is legally allowed and what is not.
· Social Definition
The term “crazy” has two different meanings in casual conversations, one positive and one negative. However, both the good and bad connotations imply that something is abnormal. Sometimes, the abnormality has caused a desirable result, and sometimes has caused the opposite. So, if the former is true, the term crazy is used in a positive form. And if the latter is the case, the speaker would use “insanity” in its negative form.
AM I INSANE QUIZ: What It Is and How It Works
It is a 20-questions psychology-oriented questionary to expose if you are going crazy. The test has three primary stages of identifying the symptoms, scaling the severity of the conditions, and determining the causes or possible illnesses. More on this below.
Analyzing symptoms
Mental disorders usually have expected signs. So, it is easy to mix them when analyzing the indicators. That is why our insanity test focuses on the actual red flags, excluding all the unreliable information. The key symptoms we look for are listed and explained below.
- Delusions
Támara Hill, a licensed mental health therapist, internationally, & board-certified trauma therapist, believes that delusions are strong beliefs against reality. One of the primary symptoms of going insane is having more and more delusional thoughts or feelings.
- Hallucinations
Seeing, hearing, or sensing things that others don’t is another sign of losing your mind. Of course, hallucinations might have other causes, such as consuming alcohol, drugs, or psychedelic substances.
- Altered reality
One of the reasons you may ask, “Am I crazy?” is feeling disconnected from the real world. That is why the quiz looks for any symptoms of living in an altered reality or losing the ability to distinguish genuine experiences from unreal ones.
Estimating the scale of insanity (craziness)
The second stage of the Am I Insane Quiz clarifies the intensity of your condition. It inspects the effects of your problem on your everyday life to find out if it is severe, controlled, or minor. So, it is helpful if you ask yourself, “How crazy am I?”
Identifying the most probable mental illness
The last stage of the test analyzes all the findings to come up with a diagnosis. You may have most of the craziness symptoms and still be 100% sane. That is because some other mental illnesses share the same signs as psychosis. So, we classify your condition during the final part of the quiz, detecting the most probable cause.
Signs You Are NOT Going Crazy
How to find out if I am not losing my mind? That is a question many of you might have. So, here is the answer. If you have the following three signs, the chances of you being insane are pretty thin and dismissible.
You know what is right and wrong. If you can make rational decisions, you do not need to ask, “Am I crazy?” Psychosis and other severe mental conditions leave people with the inability to do everyday tasks. And people with such conditions often find it difficult to say what is good or bad for them.
You determine reality from fantasy. You do not need to be concerned about going insane if you are not living in an altered reality. Most insane people seem entirely disconnected from real life. And they tend to believe their delusional or illusional thoughts to be true.
You are worried about your mental health. Even the fact that you wonder, “Am I crazy?” is a positive sign. Insanity reduces self-awareness. So, you would not be able to ask such self-oriented questions if you were out of your mind or mad.
The Quiz Said I’m Crazy; Should I Be Worried?
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, at least 13,120,000 people in the US suffer from severe mental disorders which interfere with their lives. So, the chances are getting a positive result on the insanity test is not that thin. But you should not worry about that. Here is what to do if the test results indicated you might have a condition.
See a Psychiatrist.
The first thing to do is to talk to a certified and professional therapist. They can help you find out what has caused the current problems and how you can solve them before it is too late.
See a Neurologist.
Sometimes, psychosis and other conditions are caused by brain damages and problems. So, you might also want to consult a neurologist to make sure your brain is physically okay, too.
Consider Self-Learning and Self-Care.
Stress, dangerous behaviors, and bad habits can all cause the feeling of going crazy. So, you need to learn how to care for yourself and what to do to keep yourself sane, no matter what. (The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care by Anna Borges is an excellent book to start your awareness journey with).
Quiz Disclaimer
The Am I Crazy Quiz is not a medical test to diagnose mental illnesses. The test is a self-report questionary to spot possible madness and psychosis symptoms as well as other conditions. You should consult a certified psychologist or therapist for a medical diagnosis and treatment.
