Personality Profile Test

Please mark which one of these accurately describes your personality and experiences. Make sure you are reflecting how you were BEFORE multiple sclerosis made it too hard to continue to be this way:

1. SELF CRITICAL / JUDGE & JURY

 I’m never good enough no matter how hard I work. I could always have done better.

 I am overly critical of myself, put myself down, and hold very high standard for myself

 I regularly use the words “I should have….”

 I have an underlying dislike/hatred for myself.

 I’ve always struggled with the belief “I am unworthy”.

2. EXTERNALLY IDENTIFIED & SEEKING ACCEPTANCE

 My worth is determined by what I do in the world/for others.

 I want to be accepted by everyone.

 I fear failure. If I can’t do perfectly, I prefer not trying…

 Before I had MS, I was focused on my career. I was very successful and ambitious.

 I must be perfect, everywhere all of the time. Am I doing this test right?

 Life is a mere experience of getting things finished, including myself! If I can just get it all done; I’ll be ok!

 It has to be difficult to be successful.

3. INTERNAL CONFLICTS

 Shame and guilt are eating at me.

 Parts of me are ignored or denied because its not ok to be that way.

 I subordinated my own dreams / values for what is expected of me or to get approval.

 I have been conflicted in my roles – daughter & wife, professional & mother, American & my family’s home country, etc

 I can’t stop. Yet a part of me wishes I would sometimes just relax & smell the flowers.

4. DISCONNECT WITH BODY & MY OWN NEEDS

 I tend to ignore what’s going on in my body for as long as possible.

 I’m all in my head. I’m not really connected to my body.

 I don’t really feel much. I’m numb to my body’s needs.

5. UNBALANCED RELATIONSHIPS

 I compulsively take responsibility for other’s needs. I don’t have needs.

 I never ask for help no matter how much I struggle.

 I feel responsible to make you (spouse, parents, siblings) happy.

 I always conform to the desires of my relationship/family. That is a priority.

 I am here on earth to make you (spouse, parents, siblings) happy.

 I had a very domineering or abusive parent or sibling in my childhood. And the other parent or sibling could not really help me with that relationship.

6. EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE DISEASE (HELPLESS, HOPELESS)

 I feel hopeless. I pray that someone will find a cure during my lifetime.

 I feel there’s something “wrong” with me / I am “broken”.

 I’ve been told, “You’ll probably be in a wheelchair in the next 10 years.” or “There’s nothing we can do about it. You’ll have to learn to live with it.” and it haunts me. And I feel hopeless.

 Just before the onset of MS I felt, deep down, I was not in control of my life / it had gotten out of hand.

7. COMPROMISED PERSONAL BOUNDARIES

 If someone needs help, I have to do it. I totally forget myself.

 I have a strong desire to please and keep the peace.

 I am always apologizing.

 It’s my job to help others feel better. People unload their problems on me.

 I don’t know how to say no. I take on far too much and then resent it.

 I don’t really have boundaries with people. It creates a lot of stress.

 I want everything yesterday if possible / I plan things months in advance.

 I have to take care of everything or it won’t get done properly.

 I am fiercely independent.

 I can’t feel ok if you don’t feel ok.

 I blame others for how I feel and want them to change so I feel better.

8. NUMB EMOTIONS

 It is not ok to express my feelings.

 I pretend everything is ok, when its not.

 It is not ok to feel (anger, fear, arousal, happiness, grief, etc). I shouldn’t have certain type of feelings so I repress them.

 I have an almost constant underlying anxiety or ‘unease’ in my body.

9. Please add any comments or changes you would do to the questionnaire to make it more clear or accurate to your experience and personality:

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Healing Multiple Sclerosis Program

The program I offer works through these underlying beliefs, behaviors, and emotions described in this test as well as your struggles. Our goal is for you to create lasting health. If you are not yet ready to work through your MS but want to work on a few emotional or traumatic issues, we can do that as well.

I get excited when my clients say “it’s probably not very likely we can change this about my personality or relationship style…or do you have some technique for it?” Those words are music to my ears!

If you would like to have a free consultation to see if the program is a good fit for you, call me at (+1) 415.699.2574 (I have FaceTime and WhatsUp for those outside the US) or contact me.

Questionnaire adopted from: The Effectiveness of Hypnotherapy on Multiple Sclerosis” study and MS clients of Eva M Clark, Deb Shapiro’s “Your Body Speaks Your Mind” regarding MS, Dr. Ruediger Dahlke’s “El Mensaje Curativo del Alma” regarding MS,  “When the Body Says No” by Gabor Mate regarding the psychosocial factors behind MS, Earl Corless and Sharalee Clawson personal experience with MS in “And Then a Miracle Happens” as well as personal interviews with Sharalee, and research papers on the relationship of psychosocial factors, stress, and MS.