Signs of Possession Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. Recently, how have you experienced voices or sounds when no clear external source was present?
I have not had that experience.
I noticed it once around falling asleep or waking, and it stopped quickly.
It has happened more than once, but I could question it and continue what I was doing.
A voice has threatened me, issued commands, or felt difficult to resist.
2. You find evidence that you completed an activity but cannot remember doing it. Which description best fits your recent experience?
This has happened with a routine detail, and the memory returned with a reminder.
I have lost substantial time or found unexplained injuries or dangerous consequences.
This has not happened beyond ordinary minor forgetfulness.
It has happened repeatedly, and reminders do not fill in the missing period.
3. Have you felt unexplained touching, pressure, movement, smells, or tastes without finding a source?
Once or briefly, without significant distress.
No, I have not noticed this.
Repeatedly, and it has been distracting or unsettling.
In a painful, threatening, or overpowering way that made me feel unable to protect myself.
4. Which statement best describes your current ability to keep yourself and other people safe?
I have no current thoughts, commands, or impulses about causing harm.
I have had upsetting thoughts but do not want to act on them and can dismiss them.
I have recurring urges or commands and need support to keep distance from possible means of harm.
I have a plan, intent, compelling command, or immediate concern that I may be unable to prevent harm.
5. What best describes any recent movements, shaking, freezing, or vocal sounds that felt involuntary?
I have had brief minor movements, such as a stress-related twitch, without loss of awareness.
I have not experienced involuntary movement or vocalization.
An episode involved collapse, injury, breathing difficulty, seizure-like activity, or prolonged unresponsiveness.
Episodes have recurred or interfered with what I was doing, even though I stayed physically safe.
6. When you feel pulled toward an action you do not want to take, how much choice do you experience?
I notice an uncomfortable pull but can pause and choose differently.
I repeatedly feel controlled and have difficulty resisting, though no immediate danger has occurred.
I generally experience my decisions as my own.
I feel unable to resist an action that could harm me or someone else.
7. When you feel distressed by a possible presence or influence, what do you tend to do?
I use a calming practice or speak with someone while remaining open to health-related explanations.
I do not currently experience this type of distress.
I spend substantial time checking, cleansing, researching, or seeking repeated reassurance.
I use, or someone uses on me, force, restraint, injury, dangerous substances, or deprivation to remove it.
8. While fully awake, what best describes seeing figures, shadows, flashes, or other images that people nearby did not appear to see?
It has recurred and leaves me unsure what is real in the moment.
I have not experienced this.
It was brief and occurred with a known context such as migraine, fever, or severe tiredness.
It has frightened me into unsafe behavior or seemed to direct what I must do.
9. How often have your own words or actions recently felt as though they were not yours?
Never; my actions and speech have felt like my own.
Repeatedly, with a disturbing sense that another force was directing me.
Briefly during intense stress, while I still knew I was choosing what to do.
I felt unable to stop actions that caused or could have caused injury.
10. When coincidences, media, or events around you seem personally significant, what usually happens?
I may give them a flexible spiritual or personal meaning while accepting other explanations.
They seem to contain threatening instructions or commands that I feel compelled to follow.
I generally recognize them as ordinary events rather than messages aimed at me.
I repeatedly feel they are directed at me and find that interpretation difficult to question.
11. How much have fear or spiritual concerns changed where you go or whom you see?
They have not caused me to avoid places or people.
I have made a small temporary change while seeking perspective.
I repeatedly isolate myself or avoid ordinary places because they feel threatening.
I have fled, hidden, confronted someone, or entered a dangerous setting because of the fear.
12. You have work, school, caregiving, or household tasks to complete. How do the experiences affect them?
I can complete them without interference from these experiences.
I need occasional breaks or reassurance but still complete most tasks.
I repeatedly miss, abandon, or cannot finish important responsibilities.
I cannot currently manage basic needs such as eating, medication, shelter, or essential care.
13. During a conversation, someone says your manner or voice changed sharply and you do not recall part of the exchange. What most closely matches your situation?
Nothing like this has occurred.
It has occurred once, but I remembered the exchange after calming down.
It has happened repeatedly, with genuine gaps in my memory.
A gap involved threats, violence, injury, or another immediate danger.
14. How have these experiences affected your sleep recently?
They have not affected my sleep.
I have delayed sleep or lost some rest because I felt watchful or uneasy.
My sleep has been repeatedly disrupted, affecting me during the day.
I have gone an extended period with almost no sleep or become unsafe from exhaustion.
15. Imagine you suddenly sense an unseen presence in a familiar room. Which response most closely matches your recent experiences?
I have felt a presence that seemed threatening or made me fear immediate harm.
I have not recently sensed an unseen presence.
I have occasionally had a fleeting feeling like that and could let it pass.
The feeling has returned and made it hard to concentrate or remain in the room.