The Existential Loneliness Test

Paradox
You scored 27 Socially Involved, 30 Alienated, 28 Contented and 19 Optimistic
Somehow, you managed to be quite socially discontented yet not alienated to others and/or your surroundings. Your social involvement score is low, meaning that you're apparently not highly social. The conjunction of these facts likely means that you're not significantly alienated to a certain group of persons/environments (e.g., a few close friends, a parent, or the natural world) while you are alienated to a group of different persons/environments -- in just such a way that alienation to the other group critically lowers your level of contentment.
Your optimism score is fairly low as well, which is probably the result of your current feelings of discontentment. You may want to consider a non-serious relationship with someone whose company you nonetheless enjoy. This could raise your contentment score and your self-confidence, while at the same time, not potentially resulting in a painful rejection. So, a non-serious relationship seems like a safe bet with potentially high returns.



Yeah, pretty much.

Should-Be Optimist

You scored 22 Socially Involved, 29 Alienated, 58 Contented and 27 Optimistic

You appear somewhat socially discontented and not highly social, yet you're not deeply alienated to others, yourself, or your world. Your low alienation score and moderate contentment score indicate that you're probably alienated in some particular yet critical sense, as opposed to in general. So, you're probably not all that lonely and therefore probably have reason to be a little more optimistic that better things will come your way.

Paradox
You scored 25 Socially Involved, 31 Alienated, 37 Contented and 25 Optimistic

Somehow, you managed to be quite socially discontented yet not alienated to others and/or your surroundings. Your social involvement score is low, meaning that you're apparently not highly social. The conjunction of these facts likely means that you're not significantly alienated to a certain group of persons/environments (e.g., a few close friends, a parent, or the natural world) while you are alienated to a group of different persons/environments -- in just such a way that alienation to the other group critically lowers your level of contentment.


Your optimism score is fairly low as well, which is probably the result of your current feelings of discontentment. You may want to consider a non-serious relationship with someone whose company you nonetheless enjoy. This could raise your contentment score and your self-confidence, while at the same time, not potentially resulting in a painful rejection. So, a non-serious relationship seems like a safe bet with potentially high returns.

Sad Optimist

You scored 23 Socially Involved, 40 Alienated, 31 Contented and 47 Optimistic
While you are not heavily alienated to others, you are very discontented with your social situation. However, you appear somewhat optimistic, so while you don't appear to interact with others often or meaningfully, you beleive this will change. My guess is that you suffer from circumstances more so than elements of your nature and that you believe the adversity of the circumstances will eventually go away or be overcome.

That's about right. I like this test.

Realistic Optimist

You scored 25 Socially Involved, 26 Alienated, 48 Contented and 54 Optimistic

You're not highly socially contented, but you're confident that you'll get there eventually. You don't appear very social, and this may be natural for you, perhaps a gift even. My suggestion is to be patient and not worry much about past failures or missed opportunities, as the low alienation score is a good indicator that you have the potential to meaningfully connect with others.

Should-Be Optimist

You scored 40 Socially Involved, 23 Alienated, 53 Contented and 30 Optimistic

You appear somewhat socially discontented and not highly social, yet you're not deeply alienated to others, yourself, or your world. Your low alienation score and moderate contentment score indicate that you're probably alienated in some particular yet critical sense, as opposed to in general. So, you're probably not all that lonely and therefore probably have reason to be a little more optimistic that better things will come your way.

Dispirited Loner

You scored 29 Socially Involved, 46 Alienated, 35 Contented and 9 Optimistic

Alienated, badly discontented, and mostly hopeless that things will improve. You're a lonely one. My advice is to take note of your alienation score; it's higher than it could be. Although in one sense alienation is a state in which your interests are not in harmony with others', alienation is also a psychological state in which you have trouble relating to and appreciating your world. Some aspects of your world are probably better not appreciated, while others maybe are. Nonetheless, working to transform the mind -- and/or meeting someone who understands you and shows you love -- can relieve you of a lot of alienation, thereby reducing your feelings of loneliness and raising your general level of contentment. Once this takes place, you may also find yourself more sociable, perhaps because you have less to lose by being social, since you're comfortable in the world without an additional friend. Consider reading Hermann Hesse's book, Steppenwolf.

Should-Be Optimist

You scored 29 Socially Involved, 37 Alienated, 41 Contented and 36 Optimistic

You appear somewhat socially discontented and not highly social, yet you're not deeply alienated to others, yourself, or your world. Your low alienation score and moderate contentment score indicate that you're probably alienated in some particular yet critical sense, as opposed to in general. So, you're probably not all that lonely and therefore probably have reason to be a little more optimistic that better things will come your way.

*****

Hrmm, yeah, that honestly sounds somewhat accurate. Socially discontented? Check. Not highly social? Check. Probably alienated in some particular yet critical sense, as opposed to in general? YES. I'm an introvert and somewhat of a loner for sure, and I like being that way most of the time, but I'm missing a particular type of contact with certain specific others that I crave and feel miserable about pretty frequently. Other than that though, I'm quite happy to be off in my own world; I'm truly not a very social person at all and most of my best times have been/are usually spent alone.

Slightly Lonely

You scored 58 Socially Involved, 31 Alienated, 48 Contented and 11 Optimistic

You appear to socialize fairly often, and without particularly adverse consequences, as you appear moderately contented and not sharply alienated to others. You could have scored somewhat more optimistic, but it certainly doesn't appear you're thinking of withdrawing from society. Also, your apparent lack of optimism that things will get better could merely signify that you're on the upper-end of the moderate contentment spectrum.

Sad Optimist

You scored 29 Socially Involved, 25 Alienated, 39 Contented and 45 Optimistic

While you are not heavily alienated to others, you are very discontented with your social situation. However, you appear somewhat optimistic, so while you don't appear to interact with others often or meaningfully, you beleive this will change. My guess is that you suffer from circumstances more so than elements of your nature and that you believe the adversity of the circumstances will eventually go away or be overcome.

Hmmm, quite so.