Have you heard of Dr. Phil’s test
that is circulating via e-mail? That personality test where they are claiming
that Dr. Phil himself scored 55 and Oprah got 38? This has been around for
quite some time now. It just happened to reach my inbox at a later time. Later
like now. The e-mail did not share some background about that certain Dr. Phil
and even failed to give his surname. Or am I the only one who doesn’t know him?
Anyways, an officemate sent me this e-mail and I decided to take the test.
It
is composed of 10 questions. No right or wrong answers, just honest ones. Here’s
the test.
1. When do you feel at your best?
A.
in the morning
B.
during the afternoon and early evening
C.
late at night
2. You usually walk...
A.
fairly fast, with long steps
B.
fairly fast, with little steps
C.
less fast head up, looking the world in the face
D.
less fast, head down
E.
very slowly
3. When talking to people you...
A.
stand with your arms folded
B.
have your hands clasped
C.
have one or both your hands on your hips
D.
touch or push the person to whom you are talking
E.
play with your ear, touch your chin, or smooth your hair
4. When relaxing, you sit with…
A.
your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side
B.
your legs crossed
C.
your legs stretched out or straight
D.
one leg curled under you
5. When
something really amuses you, you react with...
A.
big appreciated laugh
B.
a laugh, but not a loud one
C
.a quiet chuckle
D.
a sheepish smile
6. When you go to a party or social gathering
you...
A.
make a loud entrance so everyone notices you
B.
make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know
C.
make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed
7. You're working very hard, concentrating hard,
and you're interrupted...
A.
welcome the break
B.
feel extremely irritated
C.
vary between these two extremes
8. Which of the following colors do you like
most...
A.
Red or orange
B.
black
C.
yellow or light blue
D.
green
E.
dark blue or purple
F.
white
G.
brown or gray
9. When you are in bed at night, in those last
few moments before going to sleep
you are.....
A.
stretched out on your back
B.
stretched out face down on your stomach
C.
on your side, slightly curled
D.
with your head on one arm
E.
with your head under the covers
10. You often dream that you are...
A.
falling
B.
fighting or struggling
C.
searching for something or somebody
D.
flying or floating
E.
you usually have dreamless sleep
F.
your dreams are always pleasant
I
had the idea to create an entry about this test because of the result. It is so
me. I just want to share it just in case you haven’t seen it. Take the test and
see if the result fits you.
Here’s how you are supposed to score your
answer:
Add up the total number of points to get your score
and compare the result below.
OVER 60 POINTS: Others see you as someone
they should "handle with care."
You're seen as vain, self-centered, and extremely dominant. Others may
admire you, wishing they could be more like you, but don't always trust you,
hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.
51 TO 60 POINTS: Others see you as
an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality, a natural leader, who's
quick to make decisions, though not always the right ones. They see you as bold and adventuresome, someone
who will try anything once, and someone who takes chances and enjoys an adventure. They enjoy being in your company because of
the excitement you radiate.
41 TO 50
POINTS: Others see you as
fresh, lively, charming, amusing,
practical, and always interesting, someone who's constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not
to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and
understanding, someone who'll always cheer them up and help them out.
31 TO 40 POINTS: Others see you as
sensible, cautious, careful and practical.
They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person
who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who’s extremely loyal to
friends you do make and who expects the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you, realize it
takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you
a long time to get over if that trust is ever broken.
21 TO 30 POINTS: Your
friends see you as painstaking and fussy.
They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It would really surprise them if you ever did
something impulsively or on the spur of the moment, expecting you to examine
everything carefully from every angle and then, usually decide against it. They
think this reaction is caused partly by your careful nature.
UNDER 21 POINTS: People think you
are shy, nervous, and indecisive, someone who needs looking after, who always
wants someone else to make the decisions and who doesn't want to get involved
with anyone or anything! They see you as a worrier who always sees problems
that don't exist. Some people think
you're boring. Only those who know you
well know that you aren't.
If
in any case you are interested (or not, I wouldn’t care anyway. I will still
post it hehe), here’s how I answered those questions.
1. When do you feel at your
best?
C. late at night – I am more focused and
productive at night when everything is still and quiet. It is easier for me to
stay up late than to wake up early. During a big day in college, my classmates
are all up before sunrise to review for an exam while I am all drawn wandering
the dreamland. I’d rather stay up until 3 am to do that. Now that I’m working,
I still do the same. I stay in the office while everyone is rushing on their
way home; I am working while everyone is snoring; and when everyone’s rushing
back to the office to finish what was not finished, it’ll be my turn to snore J
2. You usually walk...
A.
fairly fast, with long steps – an
officemate was questioning me on this one. Long steps? Because apparently, I
have short legs basically because I am small. There’s no question about me
walking fast because I do (walk fast). As far I know, I always try to walk with
long steps.
3. When talking to people you...
B.
have your hands clasped – I am not
proud with this habit of mine but I can’t help but clasp my hands when I am
talking to strangers or people I am not comfortable talking to. It doesn’t
matter where my hands are, whether they are sitting above my legs, behind my
back, in front of my chest or above the table, as long as they are clasped, I
feel more secured.
4. When relaxing, you sit with…
D. one leg curled under you – just like the way I’m sitting
right now while typing these entry J
Writing does relax me too.
5. When
something really amuses you, you react with...
D.
a sheepish smile – with this item, I
have to categorize first if I am around the people I know or if I’m alone. If I
am surrounded with the people I know, it would be a loud appreciating laugh.
But if I am alone and I saw something amusing, you’ll see a timid and conscious
smile on my face. Guilty of reacting to something I am not supposed to.
6. When you go to a party or social gathering
you...
B.
make a quiet entrance, looking around for
someone you know – my friend and officemate says I am more likely to make
the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed but my stand here is that I am
not going to a party or social gathering where I do not know anyone and I will
only do letter C if I do not have the option of doing B.
7. You're working very hard, concentrating hard,
and you're interrupted...
C.
vary between these two extremes – I can
welcome the break and I can be really irritated. When I’m doing something I don’t
understand and somebody interrupts me, I tell you, I can yell at that person.
In fact, I’ve done that, unintentionally. I feel really guilty after what
happened and I didn’t get the chance to say sorry. But it seems he doesn’t mind
at all. I know it doesn’t justify my wrong-doing.
8. Which of the following colors do you like
most...
C.
yellow or light blue – I like light
blue color, actually, all shades of blue. I just love the color. It’s relaxing
and it reminds me of the blue sky and the blue see.
9. When you are in bed at night, in those last
few moments before going to sleep
you are.....
C. on your side, slightly curled – at first I’d be lying on my back
thinking and thinking and thinking then I will roll on my side, one knee bent
and my hands hugging-squeezing my sponge bob stuffed pillow and I will drift
far, far away from reality.
10. You often dream that you are...
F.
your dreams are always pleasant – okay,
this one may not be accurate but I don’t have dreams of me falling, searching
for something or somebody, or flying or floating. I may have dreamt about
fighting and struggling against black and evil dwarfs but that was once when I
was younger. I can’t say that I usually have dreamless sleep because I don’t.
So the closest would be that my dreams are always pleasant, almost always.
There are times when I don’t even understand the reason why I am dreaming those
pleasant things.
And
as a result of my answers, I got 36.
This means that “others see me as sensible, cautious, careful and practical. They see me as clever, gifted, or talented, but
modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who’s
extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expects the same loyalty in
return. Those who really get to know me,
realize it takes a lot to shake my trust in my friends, but equally that it
takes me a long time to get over if that trust is ever broken.”
I
don’t know if my friends see me as a sensible person but I know they thought I’m
smart. I repeat, THEY THOUGHT. I don’t have to hear from them my cautiousness
because I know I am. That’s the reason why fighting for what I love is more of
my problem than letting go of it. Careful, it depends on what aspect. In doing household
chores, I am far from being careful. But in dealing with other people, yes I am
careful.
I
don’t make friends easily, my friends does. Maybe that’s the reason why we are
friends, for me to make more friends. I seldom talk to strangers. I even try to
shake people off trying to open some conversation. If I can ignore them, I
will. But if they are doing it politely, I won’t be rude. I won’t speak to a
person unless that person talks to me first. I am afraid that if I try to
approach a person, he or she will ignore me. Silly right? But that happens.
My
friends will be my friends, if not for forever, maybe for a loooong time. Maybe
I am expecting the same loyalty from them but I haven’t realized it yet, maybe
yes, maybe not. But if they can trust me, am I not entitled to expect some
loyalty from them too? Plus I think they know that I am distrustful of people
so they won’t do anything stupid to break my trust. And there’s no reason for them
to do that. -C
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