Comprehensive Depression Test Part One

This comprehensive depression test is a subjective examination of all relevant areas of our life. It will examine the connection to our environment through our emotional window, and reveal problems and their sources.

While there needs to be an observer in the conversation of these statements for the maximum clarity, it still has merit for us to give ourselves this examination on our own. If done by ourselves, we can allow God to be our examiner and we can share our deepest conversations with Him.

We can ask ourselves if these statements are true for us, if we agree with them, or if we experienced this event and how it affected us.

Each of these statements will have bearing on our emotional health today. There are both positive and negative statements to show where we need to work.

A numerical measuring standard is under development for this depression test, but it will take a while to complete. This test is effective as a self examination tool without the scoring standard.

As we read each statement we need to make notes if we think of things from our personal experiences in that specific area.

The areas covered by all five tests are:

Depression Test Part One

Overall quality of life

Employment and social ties to community (public socialization)

Depression Test Part Two

Self Esteem and personal expectations

Tolerance to hardship, setbacks, failure, and irritation

Family History

Depression Test Part Three

Emotions

Self-Expression

Depression Test Part Four

Health

Social status

Finances and Habitat

Depression Test Part Five

Friends/family/relationships (private or personal socialization)

Personal History Significant Life Events

Lifestyle

Part one of five

Areas covered

Overall quality of life

Employment and social ties to community (public socialization)

You do not need to answer all questions. Select only those that trigger a response and that bring immediate feelings and memories to mind and then answer accordingly.

If the statement triggers a memory from your past write it down and reflect on it.

Highlight the areas that you have the strongest feelings about, for that is where the issues are.

Over time and much reflection, you and your therapist or close friend will have a road map for your recovery.

Overall quality of life

1.)My life is socially and materially full and rich, outside of my depressed feelings, which seem to have no cause.

2.) There are negative things in my world that are causing me to experience depression, anxiety, or fits of stress.

3.) I feel guilty because others do not have what I have, and I have too much.

4.) I have had opportunity to explore all the talents, interests that I would like to.

5.) I deserve less prosperity and abundance than I have. Why?

6.) I deserve more prosperity and abundance than I have. Why?

7.)I trust life and God, because both are fair in the long run.

8.) I do not trust life and God because both are not fair in the long run. Why?

Employment and social ties to community (public socialization)

9.) I enjoy full employment and have strong active relationships with neighbors and others in our community.

10.) I know the persons' first names at the convenience store, garage, grocery store, hair salon, and other places.

11.) I am unfamiliar with the people around me and do not know others who are in close proximity.

12.) I do not speak to others around me unless they speak to me first.

13.) I have a few close friends but we keep to ourselves because we do not trust the outside world.

14.) I treat all others outside the family, or my immediate work area as suspicious strangers.

15.) I am comfortable with meeting new people in social situations and remember them by names and their roles.

16.) I have strong and varied ties to my employment and neighbors.

17.) I also have strong and varied ties to other groups such as religious, hobby, cultural, political and special interests.

18.) I am alone too much, and wish I had more relationships. Why?

19.) I am around people or crowds too much and wish I had less social activity, because it is hard on me.

20.) I am deeply offended by certain types or classes of people.

21.) I am deeply offended not by the types of people, but by the moral stand of certain individuals in those groups.

22.) I associate well with many types of people, and enjoy getting to know them as unique individuals.

23.) I would rather not get to know other types of people as I do not see them as equal or as open minded as we are.

End of test part one

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