A Self-Assessment for When You Can’t Tell If You Need a Nap, a New Life, or Just a Snack

Because “meh” is not a personality trait, bestie.

Some days, you’re not sure if you’re spiraling or just need to do laundry. Other times, every tiny task feels like a mountain made of dirty dishes, forgotten texts, and existential dread. This quiz is here to help you figure out what’s really going on underneath the sighs, scrolls, and shutdowns.

Let’s get curious and not judgmental about what’s draining you. This way, you can stop blaming yourself. You can start building back your bandwidth.

🧠 Who This Quiz Is For:

• Overthinkers, people-pleasers, and high-functioning zombies
• Folks who bounce between “I’m fine” and “I can fake my death and move to the woods”
• Anyone whose inner voice sounds like a tired emoji

💡 Why Take This Quiz:

To understand what you’re dealing with, determine if it’s burnout, clinical sadness, or too many damn choices. Maybe it’s just a very extra Tuesday. It’s not about diagnosis. It’s about awareness. So you can finally give yourself the grace (and game plan) you need.

📝 How To Take It:

• Answer each question honestly. No gold stars for pretending.
• Tally how many A’s, B’s, and C’s you choose.
• Review the answer key for insight.

🤯 The Quiz:

1. When you wake up in the morning, your first thought is:
   A. “Why bother?”
   B. “What do I have to do today?”
   C. “Okay, one step at a time.”
2. Your inbox, messages, and notifications feel like:
   A. A wall of shame and guilt
   B. An overwhelming to-do list
   C. Background noise you manage with boundaries
3. When someone asks, “What do you want for dinner?” you:
   A. Feel rage-cry energy bubble up
   B. Instantly Google “easy meals no decisions.”
   C. Already made a rotating meal list on Sunday
4. You cancel plans most often because:
   A. You can’t get out of bed
   B. You’re mentally tapped from too many micro-decisions
   C. You honor your energy and reschedule
5. Your relationship with productivity is:
   A. “If I’m not doing anything, I’m worthless.”
   B. “I try, but I freeze halfway through.”
   C. “I pace myself based on my nervous system.”
6. How often do you cry or feel like crying?
   A. At least 3–4 times a week, sometimes out of nowhere
   B. Occasionally, after too much decision pressure
   C. Rarely, but I have safe outlets when needed
7. The phrase that hits hardest:
   A. “Nothing matters anymore.”
   B. “Why can’t I just choose already?”
   C. “Rest is resistance.”
8. Your energy level throughout the day:
   A. Heavy. Like walking through emotional molasses
   B. Fluctuates wildly. Peaks and crashes
   C. Ebb and flow, but you’ve learned how to ride it
9. You say “I’m tired,” but what you mean is:
   A. “I’m hopeless and disconnected.”
   B. “I’ve made 372 tiny decisions and my brain is fried.”
   C. “My body’s signaling a reset is needed.”
10. When someone checks in on you, you:
    A. Lie and say “I’m fine.”
    B. Give a vague but polite “busy but good”
    C. Share honestly (within your comfort zone)
11. You daydream about:
    A. Disappearing or starting over somewhere nobody knows you
    B. Someone making all your choices for a week
    C. A slow, intentional life that feels like yours
12. You most often feel emotionally:
    A. Numb
    B. Overstimulated
    C. Conscious and checking in
13. Your self-talk sounds like:
    A. “You’re such a mess.”
    B. “Why can’t you figure this out already?”
    C. “It’s okay. You’re learning to listen better each day.”

🔍 Answer Key

Mostly A: Depression is very prominent right now. (Even if you’re quiet about it)
You’re not lazy or broken, you’re exhausted on a soul level. That numbness, hopelessness, and desire to disappear isn’t a vibe. It’s a cry for care. Therapy, medication, safe people, and softness will help you rebuild. Start by choosing one thing a day that helps you feel.

🛒 Invest In: Mood tracking journals, telehealth therapy sessions, grief support books, wearable mental health reminders, body-doubling apps. (coming soon)

Mostly B: Decision Fatigue Is Wrecking Your Nervous System
You’re not sad, you’re overloaded. Every “What’s for dinner?” feels like a threat. You’re carrying too much cognitive weight and need structure, delegation, and fewer micro-decisions. Life isn’t supposed to feel like an endless quiz.

🛒 Invest In: Pre-planned meal kits, visual calendars, low-stimulation productivity tools, nervous system reset guides, ADHD-friendly life planners.

Mostly C: You’re Living Intentionally (But Don’t Forget to Rest)
You’ve done the work. You’re self-aware. You check in with yourself often. Now, your job is to keep honoring the boundaries and pacing you’ve set, especially when you feel good. Don’t sabotage the softness.

🛒 Invest In: Advanced self-care tools, somatic bodywork sessions, joy-based habit trackers, creative healing kits, inner child reconnection tools.

💌 A Love Letter to Yourself:

Dear Bestie,
You’re not too much. You’re not too lazy. You’re not broken.
You are a human being carrying the invisible weight of a thousand unspoken expectations.

The way you keep showing up, even when you’re running on fumes, is nothing short of holy.
But please don’t forget, you deserve a life that doesn’t require constant survival mode.

You are allowed to need help.
You are allowed to change.
You are allowed to rest.

And you are still worthy of joy, softness, and laughter—even before everything is “fixed.”

With tenderness,
Your Future Self (who’s rooting for you every damn day)

🎯 The Wrap-Up:

Your “meh” is masking a deeper mental health need. It also indicates a fried brain or a wildly unsustainable lifestyle. This quiz was your signal to pause.

👉 You deserve rituals that restore you, not routines that drain you.
👉 You deserve systems that simplify, not shame you.
👉 You deserve support that speaks your language.

So, what now? Pick one thing from the suggestions above and commit to it for 7 days. Track how it makes you feel.
This is your nudge to stop ghosting your needs.

You’re not a mess. You’re a masterpiece mid-revision.

Let’s keep going. 💥