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Yesterday Brent and I had to take MMPI tests for the adoption - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. I had to call around quite a bit to find someone who would give us the test, because it had to be a certified psychologist, and it had to be that specific tests. I had some interesting conversations with secretaries trying to get us to take different, better tests. And one lady thought we needed a whole phsych evaluation and quoted us $2000 for the cost. Finally we just went with our tried and true clinic that we go to for everything else.
Brent said he wanted to grab a coffee before we went in, and that was the best idea of the day. The nurse gave us both our packets and sent us to an office with two couches and left us to ourselves. We were not allowed to take the test together, and we probably weren't allowed to even talk to each other, but we joked and laughed our way through most of the test. It was the longest freaking test ever! 567 true or false questions - it took us about an hour.
Most of the questions were grammatical disasters with double negatives and weird qualifiers. I had to read them a couple times just to figure out what they were saying. Some of the questions it was obvious what they were trying to diagnose (I hear voices that no one else hears. I count things such as lights or stairs.) Then there were quesitons that were just weird (I would like to work as a librarian. - does being a librarian indicate mental instability?). A lot of the questions were just repeats with different wording. Hmm, what were some of the other ones.. I like to tease animals. Women should have as much sexual freedom as men. I think people are trying to steal from me. I often do not have pain in my stomach. Men should be the head of the house (This one Brent and I argued over afterward - haha). I have strong political views. I like to let people know when they are wrong. That's all I can remember. They should have asked - "I am paranoid that I answered some of these questions incorrectly"
Anyway, it was long. But being with Brent made it much more fun. We have an appointment with the psychologist next week where he will bring up anything that he is worried about and then write a report for us saying that we are all okay in the head. One more thing finished for our dossier.
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After some googling about the test, these are the 10 things that it is looking for:
Hypochondriasis, Depression, Hysteria, Psychopathic Deviate, Masculinity–Femininity (Homosexuality or Gender confusion), Paranoia, Psychasthenia (OCD), Schizophrenia, Hypomania, and Social Introversion.
Some of the questions make more sense now. Still not that librarian one though...
Brent said he wanted to grab a coffee before we went in, and that was the best idea of the day. The nurse gave us both our packets and sent us to an office with two couches and left us to ourselves. We were not allowed to take the test together, and we probably weren't allowed to even talk to each other, but we joked and laughed our way through most of the test. It was the longest freaking test ever! 567 true or false questions - it took us about an hour.
Most of the questions were grammatical disasters with double negatives and weird qualifiers. I had to read them a couple times just to figure out what they were saying. Some of the questions it was obvious what they were trying to diagnose (I hear voices that no one else hears. I count things such as lights or stairs.) Then there were quesitons that were just weird (I would like to work as a librarian. - does being a librarian indicate mental instability?). A lot of the questions were just repeats with different wording. Hmm, what were some of the other ones.. I like to tease animals. Women should have as much sexual freedom as men. I think people are trying to steal from me. I often do not have pain in my stomach. Men should be the head of the house (This one Brent and I argued over afterward - haha). I have strong political views. I like to let people know when they are wrong. That's all I can remember. They should have asked - "I am paranoid that I answered some of these questions incorrectly"
Anyway, it was long. But being with Brent made it much more fun. We have an appointment with the psychologist next week where he will bring up anything that he is worried about and then write a report for us saying that we are all okay in the head. One more thing finished for our dossier.
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After some googling about the test, these are the 10 things that it is looking for:
Hypochondriasis, Depression, Hysteria, Psychopathic Deviate, Masculinity–Femininity (Homosexuality or Gender confusion), Paranoia, Psychasthenia (OCD), Schizophrenia, Hypomania, and Social Introversion.
Some of the questions make more sense now. Still not that librarian one though...
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