Severity Scale of Personality Disorders according to ICD-11, PDS-ICD-11 Test - the question form

I often do not understand who I am, especially when I am around other people.

I sometimes do not understand who I am, especially when I am around other people.

I have a stable sense of who I am.

My sense of self can be overly stereotyped (for example, strongly shaped by my job role or by other people).

My sense of self is rigid and does not change, regardless of the circumstances.

I almost always feel worthless, and this affects how I relate to other people.

I often find it hard to feel good about myself, and this sometimes affects how I relate to other people.

I usually have a good opinion of myself.

I often feel that I am better than others, and this affects how I relate to other people.

I feel superior to others, and this affects how I relate to other people.

I have no strengths

I have few strengths

I understand my strengths and weaknesses well

I have few weaknesses or shortcomings

I have no weaknesses or shortcomings

I rarely succeed in setting goals and working toward achieving them.

Sometimes it is difficult for me to set goals and work toward achieving them.

It is not difficult for me to set realistic goals and work toward achieving them.

Sometimes it is difficult for me to change my goals, even if they are too hard to achieve.

I often find it difficult to change my goals, even if they are almost impossible to achieve.

I am not interested in other people and avoid them by any means

I have little interest in other people, so I avoid them

I have a good balance between wanting to be alone and wanting to be with other people

Sometimes I feel bad when there is no one around me

I often feel bad when there is no one around me

I never think about other people’s thoughts and feelings.

I rarely think about other people’s thoughts and feelings.

It is not difficult for me to understand other people’s thoughts and feelings.

I often think too much about what other people think and feel.

I always feel overly tense and try to understand what others think about me.

I am often told that I am too selfish in relationships.

I am sometimes told that I am too selfish in relationships.

I can form and maintain close, mutually satisfying relationships.

Sometimes I cannot end a relationship, even if it is harmful to me.

I rarely can end a relationship, even if it is harmful to me.

I often have disagreements with other people that cause serious problems in my relationships.

I sometimes have disagreements with other people that cause problems in my relationships.

I can resolve disagreements in relationships peacefully.

I often avoid disagreements by giving in to others, even when it makes things worse for me.

I avoid disagreements and conflicts with others at all costs.

I often cannot control my emotions, and this causes serious problems with others.

Sometimes I find it difficult to control my emotions, and this causes some problems with others.

I am generally able to control and express my emotions appropriately.

Sometimes people complain that I do not express emotions.

People often complain that I never express emotions at all.

I often act so rashly or impulsively that it causes serious problems.

Sometimes I act impulsively without thinking about the consequences, which causes problems.

I am usually able to be spontaneous while still keeping appropriate control over my actions.

Sometimes I control my actions so much that it interferes with my enjoyment of life.

I often control my actions excessively, so I almost never get to enjoy life.

Extreme stress usually does not prevent me from perceiving the situation fairly accurately.

My perception of the situation becomes somewhat distorted when I am under extreme stress (e.g., expect the worst, or feel rejected when others criticize me).

I sometimes lose touch with reality when I am under extreme stress (e.g., become suspicious, lose a sense of reality, or feel as if everything is like a dream).

I often lose touch with reality when I am under extreme stress (e.g., become very suspicious, hear or see things that other people cannot, or have out-of-body experiences).

I never harm myself

I rarely harm myself

I sometimes harm myself

I often harm others

I never harm others

I rarely harm others

I sometimes harm others

I often harm others

Not at all

A little

Moderately

A lot