PTSD Self-Check: Are Your Emotional Habits a Factor?
This educational self-check looks at nine emotional habits that may interact with post-traumatic difficulties, including responses to unwanted thoughts, bodily sensations, tension, and avoidance of positive experiences. It does not ask about trauma, assess PTSD symptoms, or diagnose PTSD.
How these habits may appear in this context
- Engaging repeatedly with unwanted thoughts because they feel like urgent warnings.
- Trying to escape internal sensations as soon as they become uncomfortable.
- Withdrawing from positive activity because alertness and tension take priority.
What this self-check does not assessIt does not assess trauma exposure, trauma symptoms, intrusive memories, avoidance, hyperarousal, impairment, or diagnostic criteria for PTSD.
Emotional Habits Self-Check
Please answer the following questions about the past week.
Your emotional-habits score
What the result means in this context
After trauma, attempts to control unwanted thoughts, escape internal discomfort, or withdraw from potentially positive experiences can sometimes add to ongoing difficulties. Your emotional-habits score describes the nine habits measured here only. It does not assess what happened to you, whether you have PTSD, or how severe any post-traumatic symptoms may be.
The free mini-course explains the general emotional habits measured here and teaches initial ways to change them without asking you to recount a traumatic event.
If trauma-related reactions are distressing or interfering with daily life, consider a licensed professional trained in evidence-based trauma care. If you are currently unsafe or having thoughts of self-harm, use local emergency services or findahelpline.com.
What this PTSD self-check does—and does not—measure
The questionnaire focuses on course-related emotional habits that may interact with post-traumatic difficulties. It does not ask for trauma details and is not a trauma screen, PTSD symptom checklist, or diagnostic tool.