Took the MMPI... what do my results mean?

[valjean24601]

Very possible, as my grandma has diagnosed Bipolar 1. Sensitive fits, and probably the anger too (mostly towards self but sometimes others). My therapist officially diagnosed me with Social Anxiety and Dysthymia but I could easily see Bipolar 2 fitting. Will definitely bring it up, maybe through ralking about my grandma. Out of anxiety-related wondering, is NPD a possibility? I have always worried about that and the high L freaked me out. What about BPD? My therapist at 13 said I might havw BPD traita but I was underage at the time so no diagnosis.Thanks!

 

[valjean24601]

Oh, also, I took it again and tried to be more "reality" rather than idealism--you don't have to look over this, it's mainly personal reference. This was the shorter version.

True 156 42.2
False 188 50.8
? 26 7.03
VRIN Variable Response Inconsistency 3 42
TRIN True Reponse Inconsistency 9 50
F Infrequency 9 64 93.3
Fb Backside F 1 46 15.0
Fp Infrequency Psychopathology 1 48 74.1
L Lie 3 48 100
K Correction 16 51 100
S Superlative Self-Presentation 16 40 58.0
Hs Hypochondriasis 12 20 68 100
D Depression 33 80 100
Hy Hysteria 30 71 100
Pd Psychopathic Deviate 25 31 69 100
Mf Masculinity-Femininity - Male 37 72 100
Mf Masculinity-Femininity - Female 39 undefined 100
Pa Paranoia 19 83 90.0
Pt Psychathenia 25 41 81 70.8
Sc Schizophrenia 24 40 74 88.5
Ma Hypomania 16 19 47 100
Si Social Introversion 39 65 94.2
D1 Subjective Depression 18 79 100
D2 Psychomotor Retardation 8 65 100
D3 Physical Malfunctioning 4 59 100
D4 Mental Dullness 9 82 100
D5 Brooding 9 91 100
Hy1 Denial of Social Anxiety 4 51 100
Hy2 Need for Affection 8 55 100
Hy3 Lassitude-malaise 7 70 100
Hy4 Somatic Complaints 5 62 100
Hy5 Inhibition of Aggression 4 55 100
Pd1 Familial Discord 2 51 100
Pd2 Authority Problems 2 42 100
Pd3 Social Imperturbability 4 52 100
Pd4 Social Alienation 7 67 100
Pd5 Self-alienation 8 72 100
Pa1 Persecutory Ideas 2 52 88.2
Pa2 Poignancy 8 89 88.9
Pa3 Naivete 6 56 88.9
Sc1 Social Alienation 6 64 95.2
Sc2 Emotional Alienation 4 78 81.8
Sc3 Lack of Ego Mastery, Cognitive 4 66 70.0
Sc4 Lack of Ego Mastery, Conative 9 87 92.9
Sc5 Lack of Ego Mastery, Defective Inhibition 2 54 72.7
Sc6 Bizarre Sensory Experiences 4 60 85.0
Ma1 Amorality 1 42 100
Ma2 Psychomotor Acceleration 5 49 100
Ma3 Imperturbability 3 47 100
Ma4 Ego Inflation 3 50 100
Si1 Shyness/Self-Consciousness 7 56 92.9
Si2 Social Avoidance 6 62 100
Si3 Self/Other Alienation 8 59 82.4
ANX Anxiety 12 65 60.9
FRS Fears 4 51 21.7
OBS Obsessivness 3 44 25.0
DEP Depression 16 71 57.6
HEA Health Concerns 12 66 97.2
BIZ Bizarre Mentation 0 39 60.9
ANG Anger 2 40 31.3
CYN Cynicism 1 35 69.6
ASP Antisocial Practices 1 34 81.8
TPA Type A 0 30 31.6
LSE Low Self-esteem 6 55 33.3
SOD Social Discomfort 9 52 83.3
FAM Family Problems 6 52 48.0
WRK Work Interference 11 57 48.5
TRT Negative Treatment Indicators 3 47 19.2
A Anxiety 18 61 48.7
R Repression 15 50 81.1
Es Ego Strength 17 undefined 67.3
MAC-R MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale-Revised 11 undefined 71.4
AAS Addiction Acknowledgement 1 41 38.5
APS Addiction Potential 17 33 69.2
MDS Marital Distress 6 65 64.3
Ho Hostility 5 34 64.0
O-H Overcontrolled Hostility 9 38 67.9
Do Dominance 10 30 68.0
Re Social Responsibility 15 37 63.3
Mt College Maladjustment 21 65 80.5
GM Masculine Gender Role 11 undefined 57.4
GF Feminine Gender Role 25 45 65.2
PK Post-traumatic Stress Disorder 23 75 89.1
PS Post-traumatic Stress Disorder 24 67 63.3
D-O Depression, Obvious 21 81 100
D-S Depression, Subtle 11 52 100
Hy-O Hysteria, Obvious 13 73 100
Hy-S Hysteria, Subtle 17 52 100
Pd-O Psychopathic Deviate, Obvious 12 66 100
Pd-S Psychopathic Deviate, Subtle 13 60 100
Pa-O Paranoia, Obvious 7 70 87.0
Pa-S Paranoia, Subtle 12 69 94.1
Ma-O Hypomania, Obvoius 9 57 100
Ma-S Hypomania, Subtle 7 39 100
dem Demoralization 14 70 58.3
som Somatic Complaints 8 65 96.3
lpe Low Positive Emotions 7 60 76.5
cyn Cynicism 0 34 66.7
asb Antisocial Behavior 3 44 54.5
per Ideas of Persecution 0 41 82.4
dne Dysfunctional Negative Emotions 5 49 33.3
abx Aberrant Experiences 1 47 55.6
hpm Hypomanic Activation 4 36 71.4
AGGR Aggressiveness 1 30 50.0
PSYC Psychoticism 2 45 60.0
DISC Disconstraint 3 undefined 69.0
NEGE Negative Emotionality / Neuroticism 9 49 36.4
INTR Introversion / Low Positive Emotionality 17 64 82.4
FRS1 Generalized Fearfulness 2 62 16.7
FRS2 Multiple Fears 2 45 30.0
DEP1 Lack of Drive 4 62 50.0
DEP2 Dysphoria 5 82 83.3
DEP3 Self-Depreciation 5 76 71.4
DEP4 Suicidal Ideation 0 45 20.0
HEA1 Gastrointestinal Symptoms 1 57 100
HEA2 Neurological Symtoms 4 67 100
HEA3 General Health Concerns 3 64 100
BIZ1 Psychotic Symptomatology 0 44 81.8
BIZ2 Schizotypal Characteristics 0 41 44.4
ANG1 Explosive Behavior 0 39 28.6
ANG2 Irritability 1 41 28.6
CYN1 Misanthropic Beliefs 0 33 73.3
CYN2 Interpersonal Suspiciousness 1 39 62.5
ASP1 Antisocial Attitudes 1 35 81.3
ASP2 Antisocial Behavior 0 38 80.0
TPA1 Impatience 0 34 16.7
TPA2 Competitive Drive 0 33 44.4
LSE1 Self-Doubt 5 64 45.5
LSE2 Submissiveness 1 48 33.3
SOD1 Introversion 6 53 87.5
SOD2 Shyness 3 52 85.7
FAM1 Family Discord 5 60 50.0
FAM2 Familial Alienation 0 40 40.0
TRT1 Low Motivation 2 54 27.3
TRT2 Inability to Disclose 0 37 20.0

 

[Mal12345]

Very possible, as my grandma has diagnosed Bipolar 1. Sensitive fits, and probably the anger too (mostly towards self but sometimes others). My therapist officially diagnosed me with Social Anxiety and Dysthymia but I could easily see Bipolar 2 fitting. Will definitely bring it up, maybe through ralking about my grandma. Out of anxiety-related wondering, is NPD a possibility? I have always worried about that and the high L freaked me out. What about BPD? My therapist at 13 said I might havw BPD traita but I was underage at the time so no diagnosis.Thanks!

Maybe. The 62/26 spikes point to a lot of related diagnoses, I wouldn't know which one to choose. I just threw BP out there because it often correlates with paranoia.

 

[Mal12345]

Also, I don't know how to adjust for K = correction.

 

[Mal12345]

I recently studied up on BPD (reading books) because of my step-daughter. One thing that helps to differentiate BPD anger from other types of anger is that BPD anger is always aimed at individuals, not things or circumstances. Your 62/26 spiking indicates self-blaming/blaming of others with anger.

Also, BPD is one of the most common personality disorders yet also one of the least commonly diagnosed. I've seen that it is usually diagnosed as BP.

 

[Mal12345]

And it's necessary to know your gender before interpreting some scales.

 

[Mal12345]

Pt Psychasthenia 30 49 98 100

Which one is the T score? 98 or 49? If it's 98 then that changes everything.

It should be raw score, K score, T score, and % answered.

 

[Mal12345]

Your psychasthenia score of 98, which I missed when I first looked over your scores, changes things a bit.

Scale 8 and 7 spikes, with 8 >= 7, "Poor social adjustment, thought disorder, poor reality testing, confusion, anxiety, depression, prognosis for psychotherapy is guarded."

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"Psychasthenia is a psychological disorder characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety."

 

[valjean24601]

Male and yeah, that would make sense... I also have OCD traits but am not compulsive enough to warrant a diagnosis there. Just the obsessive worrying bit. Hence doing the MMPI and asking this question in the first place

 

[Mal12345]

 

[Mal12345]

Scale 7: Psychasthenia

High Scorers: High scores on this scale suggest anxious, tense, and agitated behavior. High scorers show high discomfort and are worried and apprehensive, high strung and jumpy, and have difficulties in concentrating. They are overly ruminative, obsessive, and compulsive. They feel insecure and inferior; lack self-confidence; and are self-doubting, self-critical, self-conscious, and self-derogatory. They are rigid and moralistic; maintain high standards for self and others; are overly perfectionist and conscientious; and are guilty and depressed. They are neat, orderly, organized, meticulous, persistent, and reliable. They lack ingenuity and originality in problem-solving, are dull and formal, are vacillating and indecisive, distort importance of problems, overreact, are shy, do not interact well socially, are hard to get to know and worry about popularity and acceptance. They are sensitive and have physical complaints, show some insight into problems, intellectualize and rationalize, are resistant to interpretations in therapy, express hostility toward therapist, remain in therapy longer than most patients, and make slow but steady progress in therapy

 

[Mal12345]

Very possible, as my grandma has diagnosed Bipolar 1. Sensitive fits, and probably the anger too (mostly towards self but sometimes others). My therapist officially diagnosed me with Social Anxiety and Dysthymia but I could easily see Bipolar 2 fitting. Will definitely bring it up, maybe through ralking about my grandma. Out of anxiety-related wondering, is NPD a possibility? I have always worried about that and the high L freaked me out. What about BPD? My therapist at 13 said I might havw BPD traita but I was underage at the time so no diagnosis.Thanks!

You could be a so-called depleted narcissist, according to your test scores. For example:
'The author also describes the grandiosely "depleted" narcissistic parent who, rather than sustaining an unrealistic sense of superior, is the "best at being bitterly wounded." The deflated narcissist rules over the family making others pity them as a helpless victim, organizing the family around themself through their neglect and through passive aggressive acts (the withholding of food, hygienic care, emotional warmth).'

 

[valjean24601]

Oh, geez, I hope not. I dunno, I mean gut feeling is that I'm not a narcissist because pity or attention isn't something I particularly want. I want love, yes, but not really attention. And I don't really withhold things from others. It's just that being narcissistic is so horrifying to me that the test results scared me.

 

[Mal12345]

Oh, geez, I hope not. I dunno, I mean gut feeling is that I'm not a narcissist because pity or attention isn't something I particularly want. I want love, yes, but not really attention. And I don't really withhold things from others. It's just that being narcissistic is so horrifying to me that the test results scared me.

Okay then you should probably not consider NPD. Although there are various forms of NPD, the one I mentioned was the only one that I thought you might identify with.

I've been trying to find examples of the MMPI graphs I was talking about earlier. They represent diagnosis patterns and are difficult to find. But here is one. A MMPI graph for a female with BPD should look like this:

The peaks and valleys make all the difference. The MF scale is normally low for a female because it represents masculinity/femininity. The HS scale is really high, representing Hypochondriasis. This doesn't necessarily mean they are hypochondriacs (although they may be), but that they somatize so many symptoms - meaning, they experience psychological symptoms in the form of generalized physical complaints: headaches, muscular pain, chest pain, and the like.

SC, or Schizophrenia, is the next highest peak in the graph. This doesn't mean they have schizophrenia, but BPD is considered to be pseudo-schizophrenia, and such people do experience mini-psychotic episodes.

Si, or Social Introversion, is normally going to be a low point on the graph of BPD patients in general because they are very socially outgoing and fear abandonment.