Depression Quiz - Learn the Art of Vision and Purpose
A depression quiz about your potential and possibilities.Ancient wisdom teaches that life moves in cycles: Beginnings, middles, endings. Hopelessness happens when there is no energy for new beginnings. Anger and frustration get a bad rap. But at least they mean energy and desire for something better. Ideally, life is full of challenges and opportunities for growth. Ideally, we feel energized and galvanized by life's challenges. When this is not the case, there is a call for deep healing. This depression quiz helps you see if issues around your potential and your challenges contributes to your depression. If so, then you know where to be doing some healing. Depression can be a consequence of falling into the pitfalls of goals and dreams, things like getting attached to the outcome rather than the process. Now you can take a depression test and find out!
Depression quiz - ARE YOU A CABBAGE?
"If you don't follow through on
your dreamsyou might as well be a
vegetable."
"What kind of vegetable?" the small
boy asked.
"(pause)...A cabbage - you might as
well be a cabbage!" From the film,
The World's Fastest Indian
"Life is a daring adventure, or nothing." Helen Keller
Depression Quiz for Hopes and Dreams:
1. Have you tried to live your dream(s)?2. Are you clear about what your dream is? 3. What negative or limiting beliefs do you have about your dream? 4. Has trying to live your dream drained your energy? 5. How is your self-esteem? Do you accept yourself, as you are? 6. Do you feel energized about living your dream? 7. Are frustrated or angry? 8. Do you feel you lack growth, feel stuck or stagnant? 9. Do you believe your bliss, gift, or truth can be simple and unique to you? 10. Do you know how to start small and let your dream grow? 11. Do you challenge yourself? Express creativity? 12. Do you face your fears? 13. Do you know what holds you back? Do you procrastinate? 14. Do you set intentions, have goals, practice loving self-discipline? 15. Do you feel life is out of control? Do you have a sense of hope? 16. Do you let circumstances define who you are? Can you flow with unexpected turns of events? Accept uncertainty? 17. When you see room for improvement in yourself --do you go into guilt or blame? 18. Do you make it all about winning or about getting the final outcome? Live in fantasies of the future? 19. Do you appreciate that you are learning and getting stronger and wiser while being 'in the game'? 20. Are you a cabbage?
*REMEMBER...dreams are ultimately about being creative with your life, and about embracing growth. Dreams can be "small", such as becoming more like the person you want to be, or "huge" like starting a business or grass-roots movement.
**Dreams are finally about trusting YOU. If you don't trust YOU...it is important do do something about it (and you can start by setting an intention.)
Does your depression have anything to do with goals or dreams?
~If I don't have goals and dreams, I get depressed. ~If my goals/dreams fail, I get depressed. ~If I get overly focused on goals/dreams, I miss out on life and get depressed.
What the #$%@! is THAT all about?
What's that like for you? Any tips to share? Questions?
What Other Visitors Have Said
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Depression Quiz - Feeling Hope Less
I have had successes in my life, but lately it seems that for a number of years my career goals have never worked.
In 2006 I was excited to become a ...
(Depression Quiz) ABSOLUTELY!
My depression is directly related to my childhood goals and dreams. I was not able to pursue them because of feelings of abandonment by my mom. So now ...
(Depression Quiz) The danger of dreams and goals
In this day and age it is too easy to be goal driven, deciding all those things you want in life, developing time lines and making it happen.
However,...
Depression Quiz - Doing and Being
I hear "just let it be" and "be a human being, not a human doing" and "let go and let god". Then I hear, "make it happen" and I can't remember them all,...
Am I a survivor? What does that mean?
I have lived with depression for most of my life. I have experienced chaos and trauma as a child, which led me to struggle as a young adult. It wasn't ...
I've never had goals and dreams
What about people who have never seen a future or had goals. People who have only known they were a failure or not good enough. People who thought nothing ...
hmmm
What is this #$%@! all about. Why the tip towards the profane. What happened to setting an intention? This was on the depression quiz page of your website....
Hidden Potential
My depression, I think, derives from my childhood more so that any other time. I constantly tried to fit in as a child, and was often hit hard with the ...
Depression Quiz - Maybe I AM a cabbage
I don't really have a dream, or maybe my dream is already answered. It has been hard enough just to live and get by, just to pay the rent and have time ...
This depression quiz is about only one aspect of depression. There are many more important aspects to explore. Please check out the depression quizzes below.
Quiz for Bonding and Connection
Discover some of the issues you face in loving yourself or others. Connection, feeling safe...your need for closeness and solitude, can be tender. Depression is linked to these issues.
Quiz for Nurture and Support
Are your needs being met? This short quiz reminds us to have sympathy and caring for ourselves as we learn and grow. How does lack of support or poor nurturing contribute to depression?
Quiz for Values and Inspiration
Who doesn't have "worthiness" issues? This is another common cause of depression. Do you feel valued and acknowledged, inspired or honorable? What do you value most?
Quiz for Courage and Power
To what degree do you accept and live your truth? How are you powerful...or not powerful? What are you afraid of?
The "Too Much Me" Depression Quiz
This depression quiz is a bit long and non-specific. I call it the "caterpillar goo" quiz. Did you know that caterpillars turn into total goo before they transform into butterflies? We do that too... everything--inside and out, melts down.
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