HOW THIS TEST WORKS
How Am I Too Sensitive? works
How version core-v1 is scored, and what it can and cannot tell you.
How it is scored
Being sensitive is not a diagnosis. Researchers have studied a trait called sensory processing sensitivity, which describes people who notice more and feel more deeply (Aron and Aron, 1997). Other research looks at how strongly people react to rejection (Downey and Feldman, 1996) and how feelings spread between people (Hatfield, Cacioppo, and Rapson, 1993).
This test looks at five areas: strong feelings, taking things to heart, soaking up moods, being easily overwhelmed, and being slow to calm down. Each area has eight sentences. Half describe sensitivity and half describe the opposite, so you cannot get a high score just by agreeing with everything. Each answer gives 0 to 4 points.
Each area score runs from 0 to 100. Your overall score is the average of the five areas. Scores are read as Low (0 to 33), Medium (34 to 66), or High (67 to 100). These levels show how you answered. They do not compare you with other people.
PersonalitySite.com wrote all of these questions and descriptions. They are not copied from any other test.
What it cannot tell you
This test is for learning about yourself. It is not a diagnosis. It cannot tell you if you have anxiety, depression, a sensory processing difference, or any other condition. Do not use it to make health, work, or school decisions about anyone.
Your answers can change with stress, sleep, and what is going on in your life.
This version has not yet been tested with a large group of people, so we do not yet know how accurate it is.