The Existential Loneliness Test

Realistic Optimist

You scored 36 Socially Involved, 31 Alienated, 46 Contented and 40 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.

Dispirited Loner

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our result for The Existential Loneliness Test ...

Paradox

You scored 43 Socially Involved, 26 Alienated, 39 Contented and 31 Optimistic

Somehow, you have managed to be very discontented yet not highly alienated to others and/or your world. This is rare, as for most us, alienation and contentment relate to each other inversely. You may be a borderline case, i.e., your alienation level is close to being moderate, while your contentment level is also close to being moderate.

Should-Be Optimist

You scored 33 Socially Involved, 21 Alienated, 55 Contented and 16 Optimistic

Dispirited Loner

You scored 15 Socially Involved, 49 Alienated, 31 Contented and 19 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.

Sad Optimist

You scored 32 Socially Involved, 21 Alienated, 38 Contented and 51 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.


This is sort of true...I prefer to live my life free of a boyfriend simply because a boyfriend can hinder you from having a proper social life where you can hang out with whomever you want without wondering if your boyfriend is going to get jealous. I feel mostly misunderstood, and that there's a lot of people out there that just don't care because frankly they've got better things to do, so yes, I can be cynical sometimes...I suppose it's just a case of finding the right person to understand me, and then also I want to be able to say whatever I want to people that deliberately don't care or think they're better than everyone else, i.e. leaving them shocked and speechless at the things I want to say to them sometimes, so much so that they consider changing their ways...but I suppose that ain't going to happen anytime soon...

Realistic Optimist

You scored 22 Socially Involved, 28 Alienated, 47 Contented and 47 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.

Your Analysis (Vertical line = Average)

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  You scored 22% on Social Level, higher than 36% of your peers.
  
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  You scored 28% on Alienation, higher than 37% of your peers.
  
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  You scored 47% on Contentment, higher than 67% of your peers.
  
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  You scored 47% on Optimism, higher than 89% of your peers.
  
  I expected my alienation score to be higher. And I didn't quite expect my optimism score to be that high. This is a pleasant surprise,

Slightly Lonely

You scored 50 Socially Involved, 20 Alienated, 59 Contented and 14 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.

Dispirited Loner

You scored 13 Socially Involved, 47 Alienated, 31 Contented and 22 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.

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Dispirited Loner
You scored 15 Socially Involved, 53 Alienated, 30 Contented and 32 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.


Well then...