--- title: "Anxiety test online — free, 18 questions, instant result" description: "A free 18-question test: how often anxiety affects your thoughts, body, sleep and decisions. Instant result, nothing is sent. Self-observation, not a diagnosis." url: https://manasiway.com/en/tests/anxiety-level/ lang: en updated: 2026-09-29 tokens: 2006 --- # Anxiety level 18 statements about how you have been feeling over the last two weeks: thoughts, body, sleep and decisions. Answer as things really are — there are no right answers here. Your result, with an explanation, appears straight away on this page. - 18 questions - about 5 minutes - answers never leave your browser Answers are processed in your browser only: they are never sent to the site and they disappear when you refresh the page. If you feel very bad right now and have thoughts of harming yourself, or that you would be better off not living, do not wait for an appointment. Contact your local emergency service. In Kazakhstan — 112 or 103; free round-the-clock psychological help — 1303 (Almaty). In another country, call your local emergency number. 1. I catch myself replaying anxious thoughts in a loop. How often has this been true over the last two weeks? Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 2. Once I start worrying, I find it hard to stop, even when I can see it is leading nowhere. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 3. I prepare for the worst-case scenario in advance, even though there is little real reason to. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 4. I am able to set worry aside and get back to what I was doing. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 5. I worry about several things at once — health, money, the people close to me, work. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 6. I find it hard to relax, even when everything is calm. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 7. I notice tension in my body: raised shoulders, a clenched jaw, a lump in my throat. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 8. My heart pounds or my breathing goes uneven without any physical exertion. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 9. I feel keyed up, as if something inside me is rattling all the time. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 10. I feel I can catch my breath: my breathing is even, my shoulders are down, I feel calm inside. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 11. It takes me a long time to fall asleep, or I wake in the middle of the night because of my thoughts. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 12. I feel tired from the morning, even though there was enough time to sleep. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 13. By evening I have no energy left even for the things that usually bring me joy. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 14. I wake up feeling rested and with energy for the day. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 15. I avoid tasks or conversations because they make me anxious. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 16. I find it hard to make decisions — every choice seems risky. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 17. I find uncertainty hard to bear: I need to control or double-check everything. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always 18. I get irritated more quickly than I would like — over small things and with the people close to me. Almost never / Sometimes / Often / Almost always Over the last two weeks, have you had thoughts of harming yourself, or that you would be better off not living? Only you can see this answer, and it is not counted in the score. This question is the same in every test: it is about safety, not the topic of the test, and it is asked out of care, not for diagnosis. No / Rarely / Often / I'd rather not say This is the author’s own self-observation checklist, not a validated instrument and not a medical assessment. It does not diagnose anything and does not replace a consultation with a specialist. ## What this is based on The checklist is built on the same areas that the short GAD-7 scale assesses (Spitzer et al., 2006): worry, difficulty stopping it, tension in the body, irritability and expecting the worst — and adds questions about sleep, energy and avoidance, which reviews describe as typical companions of persistent anxiety (Craske and Stein, 2016). The wording is the author’s own and does not repeat items from any questionnaire; the total is divided into four ranges, from “Anxiety is barely noticeable right now” to “Anxiety hardly lets go”. This is self-observation, not a validated instrument: the result shows in which area anxiety is currently taking the most out of you and suggests first steps, but it does not replace an in-person assessment by a specialist. ### Sources 1. Spitzer R.L., Kroenke K., Williams J.B.W., Löwe B. (2006). A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: the GAD-7. *Archives of Internal Medicine*. [DOI 10.1001/archinte.166.10.1092](https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.166.10.1092) 2. Craske M.G., Stein M.B. (2016). Anxiety. *The Lancet*. [DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30381-6](https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30381-6) 3. Newman M.G., Llera S.J. (2011). A novel theory of experiential avoidance in generalized anxiety disorder: a review and synthesis of research supporting a contrast avoidance model of worry. *Clinical Psychology Review*. [DOI 10.1016/j.cpr.2011.01.008](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2011.01.008) 4. Carpenter J.K., Andrews L.A., Witcraft S.M., Powers M.B., Smits J.A.J., Hofmann S.G. (2018). Cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and related disorders: a meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. *Depression and Anxiety*. [DOI 10.1002/da.22728](https://doi.org/10.1002/da.22728) 5. Penninx B.W.J.H., Pine D.S., Holmes E.A., Reif A. (2021). Anxiety disorders. *The Lancet*. [DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00359-7](https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00359-7) ## Would you like to understand what lies behind your anxiety? At the first consultation we will calmly look at what keeps the tension going and set a goal that will make progress visible. 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