Academically reviewed by Dr. K. Miśkiewicz

Anxiety Symptoms Test

Worry can show up as a busy mind, a tense body or an increasingly small comfort zone. Keeping those experiences separate can help you describe what is hardest and what kind of support would be useful.

Free Anxiety Symptoms Test includes 33 questions. Allow about 7-10 minutes, with time to pause. The questionnaire and basic information are free. Optional detailed analysis, the complete answer review and the companion e-book are available for a one-time fee. You decide whether to purchase those additions.

What the questions explore

Persistent worry

How easily worries begin, spread and interrupt attention. A possibility can feel urgent without being a likely outcome. Pick one worry and separate what you know, what remains uncertain and whether there is a practical decision to make now. The aim is not to guarantee that nothing difficult will happen, but to describe what you can actually do with the information available.

Tension and settling

The experience of being keyed up and finding it difficult to settle. Feeling tense or keyed up can draw attention towards the body. This section describes the sensations you endorsed, not their medical cause. Notice what was happening and whether the experience changes across situations. A familiar anxiety explanation should not be used to dismiss a new or severe physical symptom.

Avoidance and interference

How worry changes plans and limits everyday choices. Avoidance can bring short-term relief while also changing what feels available in everyday life. Describe one ordinary plan that worry has altered, and what mattered about it. This makes the impact clearer without demanding that you immediately confront a situation that feels unsafe or overwhelming.

How to answer

Answer about the past two weeks. Read each statement separately and choose the frequency that fits your experience. Use your own recent experience rather than what you think you should feel. You may pause or stop. New severe chest pain, fainting or severe breathing difficulty should be assessed urgently rather than assumed to be anxiety. If you cannot keep yourself safe, seek immediate local emergency support.

What you receive for free

After answering, you receive brief information based on your responses, with practical context for your next step. This basic information is free, including essential guidance about when to seek support. You can read it before deciding whether a more detailed report would be useful.

What the optional detailed analysis adds

The paid report expands the response summary, explains what the answers do and do not support, and includes a complete answer review. The companion e-book helps you organise observations, prepare useful questions and plan a conversation about support. Purchase is a single optional payment, with no subscription or automatic renewal.

Understanding the limits

This is an original Mind Indicator reflection questionnaire, not a validated clinical scale. It has not been independently validated or normed. It describes experiences you report, not a probability of having a condition or a clinical severity rating. Each area contains 11 direct-scored items, each rated 0-4. An area summary is round(raw points / 44 * 100). The 0-33, 34-66 and 67-100 descriptions are editorial frequency summaries, not clinical cutoffs. There is no overall illness score. Physical health, current risk and appropriate care require individual professional assessment; a lower score does not rule out a problem.

Support comes before a score

New severe chest pain, fainting or severe breathing difficulty should be assessed urgently rather than assumed to be anxiety. If you cannot keep yourself safe, seek immediate local emergency support.

A useful way to follow up

Save one ordinary example that explains why you chose your answers. Keep the description concrete: what changed, what was difficult, how it affected your routine and what help you would like. A questionnaire can organise that information, but it cannot consider everything a health professional would ask about. You can seek support even if your answers do not fit a neat category.

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Sources and further reading

  • NIMH. Anxiety Disorders. Source.
  • NHS. Generalised anxiety disorder. Source.

Bibliography

  • NIMH. Anxiety Disorders. Source.
  • NHS. Generalised anxiety disorder. Source.
Anxiety Symptoms Test Made with AI

33 original questions

Think about the past two weeks and allow around 7-10 minutes.

Three separate areas

Explore persistent worry, tension and settling, and avoidance and interference.

Free questionnaire and basic information

Detailed analysis, the complete answer review and the companion e-book are optional, with a one-time fee.