According to this test, how happy are you

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08 Feb 2008, 5:08 am

http://www.gethappy.net/v102.htm

You can just read the questions and scoring instructions if you want. This thread is partially to see how happy aspies are, and mostly to find how accurate the test is. In your reply, rate your own happiness 0-10:

10 Extremely Happy
9 Very Happy
8 Pretty Happy
7 Mildly Happy
6 Slightly Happy
5 Neutral
4 Slightly Unhappy
3 Mildly Unhappy
2 Pretty Unhappy
1 Very Unhappy
0 Extremely Unhappy

And give either your raw score from the test, or you figure the percentage of the total points yourself by adding your raw score to 38, and dividing this figure by 138 (total possible point range). This percentage should in theory be pretty close to your self-happiness rating, but we'll see.

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08 Feb 2008, 6:31 am

biggest load of crap i've ever seen.

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08 Feb 2008, 11:37 am

bheid wrote:

biggest load of crap i've ever seen.

The author, Fordyce, has a PhD in psychology, and his e-book which includes that chapter is based on analyzation of several hundred sources. I'm curious what you think makes people happy, and supporting studies. I've read the rest of the "book" in depth. My personal experience generally verifies what he says.

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08 Feb 2008, 12:36 pm

The problem with the test is that is scores what a usual person(NT maybe) who is happy has, the thing is that someone may be very happy and content in their life without say lots of social interaction etc.

quote from the scoring part "It questions whether you possess various demographic characteristics the research has found most typical of happy people -- but it barely estimates how happy you actually are"

I may guess and this is just my opinion , what make people on the spectrum happy may vary somewhat from the average person.... but that's just my opinion.

disclaimer, although I read the test I was too lazy to bother scoring it for myself, but I do consider myself to be a generally happier than average person even though I lack some of the "happiness assets"

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08 Feb 2008, 5:14 pm

Um...

Happy = busy + social + married (???) + rich + edumucated?

Ok then. Glad that's been sussed by the sperts.

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08 Feb 2008, 5:56 pm

In a way they are right, but I do not think that sort of happiness is necessarily good. Would I trade away my pains and my hours spent in isolation, thinking, just for a few more surges of the appropriate neurotransmitters that they might cause me to see the world as roses? No, no, no....

The unexamined life is bubbly indeed. But I do not wish to own it.

Also, they neglect to consider the fact that those who are extremely active and busy are happy are in their natural environment. Perhaps if you were to ask, a dolphin would rate swimming in the ocean more highly than a monkey would rate swinging in trees, but that would not mean that we ought to tell the monkey to jump into the sea.

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08 Feb 2008, 7:01 pm

I scored a -9 on that happiness test but on your scale I would consider myself a 5. I prefer to remain in equinimaty. Though, I feel as if I'm usually in a good mood.

bheid wrote:

biggest load of crap i've ever seen.

kitsunetsuki wrote:

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Actually, there was hardly a reason for anyone to take this happiness quiz at all! For all practical purposes, this one question is all that's really important.

"How happy are you?" That is the ultimate question...

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08 Feb 2008, 9:56 pm

I got 26, or 4.6 with your calcuation. I would say I'm a 4, though I would usually round to five in most math equations. I'm unhappy because of my life situations and many parts of my self-esteem have been effected, but some of them are not (like my brains and my love of my honesty)

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08 Feb 2008, 10:09 pm

As Charles Schulz would say ...

"Happiness is a warm puppy."

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08 Feb 2008, 10:11 pm

the_phoenix wrote:

As Charles Schulz would say ...

"Happiness is a warm puppy."

What if you're scared of puppies like me?

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08 Feb 2008, 10:15 pm

ebec11 wrote:

the_phoenix wrote:

As Charles Schulz would say ...

"Happiness is a warm puppy."

What if you're scared of puppies like me?

Happiness is a cold barbie?

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08 Feb 2008, 10:20 pm

oscuria wrote:

ebec11 wrote:

the_phoenix wrote:

As Charles Schulz would say ...

"Happiness is a warm puppy."

What if you're scared of puppies like me?

Happiness is a cold barbie?

I like orange lilies more

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08 Feb 2008, 10:30 pm

ebec11 wrote:

oscuria wrote:

ebec11 wrote:

What if you're scared of puppies like me?

Happiness is a cold barbie?

I like orange lilies more

Well, Charles Schulz had a whole book on it, with each page being dedicated to a different "Happiness Is ... " Been a long time since I was a kid, but I think one of the pages said, "Happiness is ... Different Things to Different People."

An orange lily is definitely a good thing.

oscuria: A cold Barbie? Looks like Mr. Schulz would agree.

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08 Feb 2008, 10:59 pm

that was way too complicated, i am very pissed off right now, that is my happiness level

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08 Feb 2008, 11:04 pm

I don't think that test provides accurate results for individuals with autism.

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08 Feb 2008, 11:13 pm

Mikomi wrote:

I don't think that test provides accurate results for individuals with autism.

That just shows that autistics aren't normal (mainstream thinking). Nothing more. Some non-autistics won't do well in this test also.

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