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📄 Sample report — illustrative profile (fictional persona). Your real report is assessed from YOUR answers after the test.

Hello Emma,

Overall result

Moderate separation anxiety

You show signs of moderate separation anxiety. Separations affect you more than average and may influence your decisions.

Your profile at a glance

Separation d...Fear of lossEmotional de...

Detailed analysis

Separation distressModerate

Separations cause you notable discomfort, with moderate emotional or physical manifestations.

Your answers indicate present but contained manifestations on separation distress. The moderate level typically reflects activation at times, often linked to identifiable triggers (stressful situations, relational conflicts, periods of fatigue or isolation). At this stage, the dimension is not dominant in your functioning, but it deserves observation: the main risk of the moderate level is that it worsens by accumulation. In practical terms, watching the frequency rather than the intensity of an isolated episode gives a truer picture of the trend: it is repetition, more than occasional strength, that tips the moderate toward the marked. Keeping a regular check-in (brief journal, conversation with a trusted person) can help anticipate. Identifying two or three recurring triggers and preparing a simple response in advance — a break, a call, a soothing activity — reduces the likelihood of the dimension settling in. If other dimensions evolve in parallel, this one can become more salient through cumulative effect; and if these manifestations gain ground despite your efforts, talking about it early with a professional is in no way disproportionate — it is often at this stage that support is most effective and shortest.

Recommendations

  • Learn self-soothing techniques for moments of separation
  • Develop transition rituals to ease departures
  • Practice mindfulness to stay grounded in the present
Fear of lossHigh

Fear of loss is omnipresent and consumes a large part of your mental energy.

Your answers describe a marked trait on fear of loss. At this level, the dimension can self-perpetuate through self-reinforcing mechanisms (avoidance, attentional focus, or rumination), whose exact form depends on the dimension concerned. This trait typically manifests in several everyday contexts, not just in exceptional situations. Understanding the self-reinforcing mechanism is often the key: for instance, avoiding a situation brings short-term relief but confirms to the brain that it was dangerous, which strengthens avoidance the next time. Spotting this kind of loop in your own daily life — without judging yourself — is already a lever for change, because you can only act on what you have first identified. It can interact with other elevated dimensions of the profile — for instance by worsening the feeling of overload or limiting available resources to cope with it. It can be useful to talk about it with a professional (psychologist, doctor) to explore in more detail what is at play and identify levers for action; structured approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy work precisely on these chains, through small concrete and realistic steps rather than willpower alone.

Recommendations

  • Consult a psychologist to work on these fears
  • The origin of this worry is often linked to past experiences
  • CBT is effective in reducing catastrophic thoughts
Emotional dependencyModerate

You show some emotional dependency that may limit your autonomy and life choices.

On emotional dependency, this level calls for the same reading as detailed above for another dimension of the same intensity (see the analysis above).

Recommendations

  • Develop independent personal activities
  • Learn to appreciate moments of solitude
  • Strengthen your identity outside of your relationships

Profile synthesis

Your profile shows moderate manifestations. Some dimensions deserve attention without being alarming: they describe real but contained difficulties that do not yet occupy the center of your functioning. The moderate level is precisely the one where observation is most useful, because it can evolve in either direction depending on what is happening in your life. Identifying the contexts and moments where these dimensions intensify — fatigue, conflict, overload, isolation — gives you concrete levers to act early. Talking about it with a trusted person or a professional, even without urgency, can help clarify what is at play and avoid a worsening through accumulation.

Your action plan

Right now

  • Fear of loss — Consult a psychologist to work on these fears
  • Fear of loss — The origin of this worry is often linked to past experiences

In the coming weeks

  • Separation distress — Learn self-soothing techniques for moments of separation
  • Emotional dependency — Develop independent personal activities

In the long run

  • Retake this test in 3 to 6 months to measure your evolution. Significant changes on elevated dimensions are often visible at this time scale.
  • If you start therapeutic work, identify together 1 or 2 priority dimensions rather than addressing everything at once — targeted work is more effective than global work.
  • Build a lasting support network: health professional (psychologist, psychiatrist, primary care doctor), close ones, possibly support groups. Solidity comes from number and complementarity.
  • Take care of physiological foundations (sleep, nutrition, physical activity): they do not cure but they strongly condition psychological availability for therapeutic work.

Resources & exercise

7-day observation journal

Each day, spot one situation where “Fear of loss” showed up. Note the automatic thought, the emotion (0–100) and what you did. Then write one more balanced, alternative reading. After 7 days, re-read your notes: the recurring patterns become visible — the first step to change them.

Support resources

If you are struggling, you are not alone. United States: call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7). Elsewhere: find your local line at findahelpline.com. This report supports self-knowledge and does not replace a consultation with a psychologist or doctor.

Your answers in detail

1. I feel intense anxiety when I am separated from my partner or a loved one.

Answer : Rarely

You answered "Rarely". Can you tell me more about when this comes up for you?

It mainly shows up in situations that matter to me, when I feel under pressure or emotionally involved.

2. I feel lost and helpless when my loved ones are not around.

Answer : Rarely

And how long have you noticed this?

It has been more present over the past few months, though I recognise it from before too.

3. I have physical symptoms (nausea, stomach aches) when I have to separate from someone.

Answer : Rarely

4. Departures, even temporary ones, plunge me into deep sadness.

Answer : Rarely

5. I cannot concentrate or function normally when a loved one is far away.

Answer : Rarely

6. I cry or feel on the verge of tears when I am separated from my loved ones.

Answer : Rarely

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