Am I Emotionally Numb Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. How often did music, stories, memories, or other personally meaningful things move you emotionally?
Occasionally, but the response was weaker than usual.
Fairly often, in ways that felt natural for me.
Sometimes; whether I felt moved depended on the moment.
Almost never, even when I expected them to affect me.
2. Over the past two weeks, when you paused to ask yourself what you were feeling, what usually happened?
I could usually identify a specific feeling without much effort.
I noticed a general mood but sometimes struggled to name it.
I often had to infer my feelings from my thoughts or behavior.
I usually found an internal blank where a feeling might have been.
3. A situation that mattered to you did not go as hoped. How accessible was your emotional response?
I knew something affected me, but the feeling stayed vague.
I felt a clear emotional response, even if it was uncomfortable.
I mostly recognized the impact later through tension, fatigue, or changed behavior.
I understood that it mattered intellectually but felt almost nothing inside.
4. When making ordinary choices, such as what to eat or how to spend free time, how connected were you to your preferences?
I usually knew what I wanted or could identify a reasonable preference.
I had preferences, but they sometimes felt faint or hard to access.
I often chose by habit because little felt personally appealing.
Most choices felt emotionally interchangeable, as if none belonged to me.
5. How often have your emotions seemed flattened into the same neutral state, regardless of what was happening?
Often; noticeably different situations produced nearly the same inner state.
Rarely; my emotional tone usually shifted with events.
Almost constantly; most feelings seemed absent or inaccessible.
Sometimes; a few different feelings blended together or felt faint.
6. Someone shared news that would normally evoke concern, warmth, or excitement in you. What happened internally?
I felt the expected emotion and could respond from it.
I felt something, but it seemed more distant than usual.
I knew how I wanted to respond, but the matching feeling was barely present.
I produced an appropriate response while feeling emotionally blank.
7. When someone asked how you were doing emotionally, which response best matched your experience?
I could give a reasonably specific answer based on what I felt.
I could describe events more easily than the feelings connected to them.
I needed a moment, but I could usually identify a broad emotion.
I genuinely could not locate an emotional answer.
8. Think about moments when your body showed possible emotion—such as a tight chest, tears, or restlessness. How did that relate to your felt experience?
The physical response happened, but I felt emotionally blank or detached from it.
The body cue and the emotion were usually clear and connected.
I could identify the likely emotion after reflecting for a while.
I noticed the body cue but often had to guess what emotion, if any, was present.
9. During a conversation with someone important to you, how present did you tend to feel?
I followed the conversation but felt some emotional distance.
I felt engaged with both the person and my own reactions.
I often responded automatically while feeling removed from the interaction.
I stayed attentive, yet my emotional involvement came and went.
10. You had an opportunity to do something you normally enjoy. What best describes the experience?
I enjoyed parts of it, though less strongly than I expected.
I participated but felt as though I were only completing the motions.
My enjoyment felt familiar and proportionate to the activity.
I felt a brief spark of interest that faded unusually quickly.
11. A friend or family member offered warmth, comfort, or affection. How did you experience it?
I recognized the gesture but felt unable to connect with it emotionally.
It reached me emotionally, even if my response was quiet.
I appreciated it, though it felt slightly distant.
I understood its importance but felt separated from the warmth behind it.
12. How often have you felt as though you were watching yourself go through daily life rather than fully participating in it?
Frequently; daily life often felt like something happening at a distance.
Occasionally, especially during tiring or demanding moments.
Rarely; I generally felt like an active participant in my day.
Several times, including in situations that normally absorb me.
13. When you received genuinely good news during the past two weeks, how did it register?
I understood it was good but had little or no emotional reaction.
I felt pleased, relieved, or excited in a recognizable way.
A positive reaction appeared, but it felt faint or short-lived.
My reaction was somewhat subdued, though still clearly positive.
14. At the end of a typical day, how much did the day's events feel like part of your own lived experience?
Most events felt personally real, even if the day was routine.
Parts of the day felt real, while other parts seemed hazy or automatic.
Much of the day felt distant, as though I had moved through it on autopilot.
The day often felt barely connected to me, despite knowing what had happened.
15. Compared with your usual baseline, how wide has your emotional range felt over the past two weeks?
Somewhat narrower, with fewer emotional peaks or shifts.
Extremely narrow; positive and negative events felt similarly flat.
Broad enough to include clearly different emotions and intensities.
Noticeably narrowed, with most reactions feeling muted.