Am I Dangerous Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. How focused are you on a particular person as a possible target?
I have not identified anyone as a target.
A person has briefly come to mind, without sustained focus or intent.
I repeatedly focus on a specific person or imagine confronting them, but have not decided to harm them.
I have selected a person and intend to approach, trap, attack, or kill them.
2. Over the past few weeks, how has your anger or fixation changed?
I have not experienced a concerning anger or fixation pattern.
It has been present but limited, without becoming more intense or behaviorally disruptive.
It has become more frequent, consuming, confrontational, or difficult to interrupt.
It is escalating rapidly, and I or someone else fears I may act violently soon.
3. During the past month, what is the most concerning way you have communicated anger toward another person?
I have not directed hostile or threatening communication at anyone.
I sent or said something harsh, then stopped without threatening harm.
I repeatedly used intimidating language or implied that something bad might happen.
I made a direct threat to injure or kill someone, even if I later withdrew it.
4. Which statement best describes any plan you have considered for seriously harming someone?
I have not considered a plan.
A vague possibility crossed my mind without steps, details, or intention.
I have imagined methods or circumstances in some detail but have not decided to act.
I have a specific, usable plan or have decided how I would carry it out.
5. When a violent thought appears, which response best matches what usually happens?
I have not had such a thought recently.
I reject it and can redirect my attention without much difficulty.
I become absorbed in it or replay it, even though I do not intend to act.
I want to continue it, feel pulled toward acting, or struggle to stop myself.
6. What best describes your control during recent episodes of intense anger?
I have not had an episode in which my behavior felt out of control.
I felt close to losing control but disengaged before intimidating or threatening anyone.
I yelled, pursued an argument, drove aggressively, or acted intimidatingly and struggled to stop.
I threatened or attacked someone, reached for a weapon, or needed others to physically intervene.
7. At the strongest point of a recent angry or violent urge, how confident were you that you would not act?
I have not experienced a violent urge.
I remained confident and could disengage without outside intervention.
My confidence wavered, so I needed distance, distraction, or support to stay in control.
I believed I might act, began to act, or could not rely on myself to stop.
8. When someone did not respond or asked for space, what did you do?
I respected the boundary and did not continue monitoring or contacting them.
I checked their public activity more than I wanted to, but did not bypass the boundary.
I repeatedly contacted them, used alternate accounts, or asked others for information after the boundary was clear.
I followed them, monitored their location, appeared unexpectedly, trespassed, or used surveillance to track them.
9. During the past two weeks, how often have thoughts of seriously hurting or killing another person entered your mind?
They have not entered my mind.
Once or twice as brief, unwanted thoughts that quickly passed.
Repeatedly, although I did not want to act on them.
Often, with desire, relief, excitement, or concern that I might act.
10. In a recent conflict, what was the furthest your physical behavior went?
I did not use physical intimidation, force, or property damage.
I adopted an intimidating posture or moved into the person's space, then backed away.
I blocked an exit, smashed or threw property, punched a wall, or displayed an object as a warning.
I used a weapon, restrained, struck, choked, or otherwise physically attacked or injured someone.
11. How have violent fantasies functioned for you recently?
I have not had violent fantasies.
An unwanted image has appeared, but it felt disturbing rather than appealing.
I have deliberately returned to fantasies to express anger or feel powerful, without intending to act.
The fantasies feel like something I want to make real or are becoming difficult to separate from action.
12. Which option best describes any preparation you have made?
I have made no preparations.
I sought general information or mentally explored possibilities without taking practical steps.
I gathered something, rehearsed, traveled, or arranged circumstances, but stopped and stepped away.
I am actively gathering materials, rehearsing, traveling, concealing evidence, or otherwise preparing to act.
13. Imagine you unexpectedly see someone toward whom you feel intense anger or fixation. What best describes your likely inner reaction?
I would not experience an urge to harm them.
A brief aggressive impulse might arise, but it would fade as I created distance.
I might experience a strong urge and need sustained effort or another person's help to leave.
I might move toward harming them or doubt that I could resist the urge.
14. Have you connected possible violence to a particular time or opportunity?
No; I have not considered a time or opportunity.
I have vaguely thought about a hypothetical future situation.
I have noticed a realistic opportunity or considered acting in the near future.
I have chosen a time, am waiting for an opportunity, or believe I may act very soon.
15. What is your current access to something you have considered using to seriously injure someone?
I have not selected a means and am not seeking access to one.
I have thought generally about possible means but do not have relevant access.
A considered means is accessible, although I have created barriers or given it to someone else.
A considered means is readily accessible to me and I could use it soon.