Exploring Your Emotions With A Level Of Feelings Test

Online quizzes, tests, and personality evaluations can be fun and helpful ways to learn more about your emotions and well-being. Although these quizzes generally cannot replace professional advice or diagnosis, they may help you label your emotions or understand the level of feelings you have for others. Being able to label your emotions and recognize their intensity may help you better communicate with others, build intimacy in your relationships, and understand yourself more profoundly. For professional guidance in understanding your emotions, consider working with a licensed therapist.

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What is a level of feelings test? 

Emotional tests can serve as tools for labeling your emotions and understanding how they may affect you. Online quizzes cannot make diagnoses or give professional advice. If you’re confused by your results or want to explore them in more detail, consider talking to a therapist. 

Questions and topics in a level of emotions test

There are multiple types of emotion tests. Below are a few options people might consider. 

Feelings for others 

Some tests may measure how much love you have for someone or evaluate your feelings for them. Relationships can be confusing, and understanding how you feel about someone may take time. For example, some people might experience infatuation at the beginning of a relationship, which can be difficult to distinguish from love. 

Tests might indicate which stage of love you’re experiencing and whether you’re in love with someone else. However, ultimately, it is up to you to decide whether you love someone. If you’re unsure whether you love someone, consider talking to a mental health professional about your feelings. 

Understanding your emotional type or emotional intelligence score (EQ)

Emotional intelligence (EQ) tests like the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), usually examine whether people can understand, label, and work through emotions. People with high emotional intelligence may be able to easily express how they’re feeling, talk about their emotions openly with others, and regulate their difficult emotions, not letting them impact their behavior. 

H3 Understanding how you feel in the moment

If you struggle to label emotions or don’t understand how they arise in the body, you might benefit from a test that labels emotions for you. These tests can give insight into what an emotion might look like and in which situations it might arise. In addition, these tests might explore the purpose of emotions, removing the judgment that can be common toward challenging feelings like sadness and anger. 

Different emotions and their impacts

The field of psychology has developed various theories about emotions over the years. Experts generally agree that there are six basic emotions, including the following: 

• Sadness: Sadness is an emotion often felt physically in the chest and neck area. It might arise in response to loss, emotional pain, and uncomfortable situations. Sadness can show someone how much they care about another person or a situation. It can prompt self-care and the desire to grieve. 
• Happiness: Happiness is a positive emotion that often arises in response to joyful events like a new relationship, a positive interaction with someone, the achievement of a goal, or being appreciated. Happiness may be accompanied by the desire to smile and laugh. 
• Fear: Fear often arises in response to dangerous, threatening, or scary stimulus, such as a dark room, an aggressive person, or an experience that reminds someone of past trauma. Fear usually prompts people to protect themselves, run, or be on alert for their safety. Fear is often felt physically in the stomach, back, neck, and legs. 
• Anger: Anger can be an intense emotion, often felt in the face and head area. Anger can involve sensations of being hot, tense, or sweaty. Anger usually lets someone know they’ve been wronged or have lost something important to them. 
• Surprise: Surprise is an emotion that can occur when someone doesn’t expect a particular experience or response from someone else. Surprise can be positive or negative, sometimes leading to other emotions. 
• Disgust: Disgust can occur when a person experiences an uncomfortable, unfair, or harmful event. For example, someone might be disgusted when someone treats them with disrespect.

Other emotions that might be experienced include jealousy, envy, love, and excitement. However, these emotions might not be considered “basic” feelings. 

Ways to better understand your emotions

The following techniques might help you better understand your feelings and improve your mental health. 

Journaling

Journaling is a technique that can improve mental health and mood. By writing down your thoughts, experiences, and sensations, you may better understand what feelings have arisen for you. You can look back at past journal entries to understand moments when you’ve felt similarly and start to piece together everyday events that impact your emotions. You can also release your emotions by writing on paper, which can serve as a release for some people.

H3 Using a feelings chart

Feelings charts generally refer to pictures of facial expressions matched with emotional labels to give an idea of what feelings might look like. These charts can remind you of the names of feelings during emotional moments, such as during a conflict with a partner. You can pinpoint which emotion you might be experiencing and communicate it to others. 

Talking to a therapist 

A therapist can help you work through your emotions, understand whether you love someone, explore childhood experiences, or regulate challenging feelings. If you’re struggling to know how you feel, they may also lead you through mental health exercises aimed at better understanding yourself. A therapist can be a source of validation if you often judge or fear your emotions. 

Can emotion tests tell you about your mental health?  

Emotion tests may sometimes be geared toward mental health concerns. For example, a test might tell you if you could be at risk of developing conditions like depression, anxiety, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) based on your results. 

The mental health screening tests offered by Mental Health America (MHA) can serve as examples of these types of tests. These tests are not professional evaluations and cannot replace a diagnosis by a mental health professional. However, your test results may let you know whether it could be beneficial to seek support, and you might bring your test results when talking with a provider.

What do I do with the results of my test?  

When you receive results on an online quiz, you might be confused about how to react. For example, if a test tells you that you’re experiencing infatuation or lust instead of love for a partner, you might wonder what you should say to them. Tests can be a way to communicate your emotions to others or discuss your needs in a relationship. However, online tests might not be entirely accurate and, depending on the source, could cause further confusion. 

When wondering how to interpret your results, you might benefit from talking to a counselor, coach, or mentor. You might also consider taking multiple tests to confirm your emotions or gain other perspectives. Taking a quiz can be a fun way to learn more about yourself, but you may get more insight from talking to a professional, doing personal reflection work, or practicing self-care and giving yourself time to gain clarity. 

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Finding professional support

Professional support can help you understand your emotions. However, some people may not seek in-person therapy due to barriers like time, money, or distance. In these cases, online therapy through a platform like BetterHelp may be more accessible. Clients can access resources like journaling prompts, worksheets, and group sessions that may help them better understand their emotions. In addition, online therapy tends to be more cost-effective than many in-person therapy options. 

Research suggests that online therapy can be effective in reducing symptoms of common mental health conditions, like depression and anxiety. In a 2018 study, online treatment appeared to be more effective than in-person therapy and led to greater quality of life for participants, as well as improved mood.