Does God Hate Me Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. After making a mistake, which response is closest to your usual inner dialogue?
I focus on what happened, what I can repair, and what I can learn.
I criticize myself more broadly for a while, even after addressing the mistake.
I conclude that I am fundamentally unworthy of love, forgiveness, or belonging.
I believe I deserve severe suffering, disappearance, or death because of what I did.
2. How confident are you that you can remain safe from self-harm during the next 24 hours?
I am confident I can remain safe, and I know whom I could contact if that changes.
I expect to remain safe, but a supportive check-in would help.
I am uncertain and need another person or crisis professional to help me stay safe.
I am not confident I can stay safe because of current urges, intentions, preparations, or access to means.
3. When an ordinary setback happens, such as a rejected application or canceled plan, what meaning do you usually give it?
I generally see it as a difficult event rather than a message about God’s attitude toward me.
I briefly wonder whether God is displeased, but the thought usually passes.
I repeatedly interpret setbacks as punishment or warnings directed at me.
I become convinced the setback proves God hates or has rejected me, and I feel overwhelmed.
4. Suppose you hear a religious message centered on punishment. What tends to happen afterward?
I consider its context and decide for myself whether it applies.
I feel unsettled for a while but can regain perspective.
I replay it repeatedly and alter choices because I fear it was aimed at me.
I take it as proof that I am hated or condemned, and the resulting despair feels hard to manage.
5. During a strong wave of shame, how are eating, sleeping, hygiene, or other basic needs affected?
I generally maintain my basic routines.
One routine may slip briefly, but I recover without much disruption.
Several needs are repeatedly neglected because shame drains my motivation.
I become unable or unwilling to meet essential needs, putting my health or safety in danger.
6. Have you taken steps toward a suicide attempt or prepared for the possibility?
I have not considered or taken preparatory steps.
I have imagined what preparation might involve but have taken no step toward it.
I have selected a possible method or checked whether I could access it, without making final preparations.
I have gathered means, chosen a time or place, written a note, given possessions away, or made another concrete preparation.
7. In the past two weeks, what best describes thoughts about dying or not waking up?
I have not had those thoughts.
I had a brief passing thought, without wanting to act on it.
The thoughts have returned repeatedly, even though I do not currently intend to act.
The thoughts are strong or persistent, or I feel I might act on them.
8. How much time do you spend checking events, thoughts, or coincidences for signs that God is angry with you?
I do not engage in this kind of checking.
I notice myself doing it occasionally, then redirect my attention.
I check frequently, and it is difficult to stop without reassurance.
The checking or related rituals consume substantial time, disrupt daily life, or trigger intense panic.
9. When spiritual fear is weighing on you, what happens to your contact with supportive people?
I can usually tell at least one person that I am struggling.
I delay reaching out because explaining the fear feels uncomfortable.
I conceal most of it and withdraw, even when support is available.
I cut myself off because I believe my presence harms others or that I do not deserve help.
10. When a trusted person offers a compassionate interpretation of your faith, how are you able to receive it?
I can consider it without feeling that I must reject it.
It helps briefly, although doubts return later.
I struggle to believe it and repeatedly seek more reassurance.
I feel unable to accept any reassurance, and the sense of divine rejection feels inescapable.
11. What best describes any thoughts or actions involving deliberate self-harm?
I have not had thoughts of harming myself and have not done so.
I have had a fleeting, unwanted thought but did not consider acting on it.
I have repeatedly considered harming myself, though I have no current plan or intention.
I currently intend or plan to harm myself, or I have recently injured myself.
12. Imagine that someone offers you kindness after you admit something you regret. How do you tend to respond?
I can accept the kindness while still taking responsibility for my actions.
I accept it, but I feel uneasy or undeserving for a while.
I distrust or pull away from the person because I feel unworthy of care.
I reject the kindness and seek suffering or punishment because receiving care feels forbidden.
13. How does fear of being unwelcome affect prayer, worship, or another spiritual practice that matters to you?
It does not keep me from participating in the ways I choose.
I sometimes hesitate, although I can usually continue.
I often avoid the practice because I expect condemnation or rejection.
I have stopped or become intensely distressed because I feel certain God does not want me there.
14. If the thought “God hates me” suddenly becomes intense, what are you most likely to do next?
I use grounding, change my surroundings, or contact someone supportive.
I shut down or withdraw briefly but do not move toward self-harm.
I isolate for a long period or seek material that intensifies thoughts of death or punishment.
I move toward self-harm, a dangerous location, or another action that could end my life.
15. Following conflict with someone important to you, what are you most likely to do?
I pause, then work toward repair or a respectful boundary when possible.
I dwell on the conflict longer than I would like before reconnecting.
I isolate myself or abandon valued activities because I feel ashamed.
I physically punish or injure myself, even once, in response to the shame.