Quiz: How Bad Are Your Suicidal Thoughts? (Self Test)

Some thoughts are loud. Others hide behind a smile. If you've ever wondered whether your suicidal thoughts are getting worse—or if you're just exhausted and don’t know how to say it—this quiz is for you. Based on tools like the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale and Beck’s Hopelessness Scale, it’s a gentle, psychology-informed check-in designed to help you understand where you are emotionally. You’ll answer 15 questions that reflect real-life struggles, and at the end, you’ll receive a message from someone who once felt the same way you do now. It’s not a diagnosis—but it could be a starting point. Ready to check in with yourself? Credits: Research/Writer: Psych2go Script Feedback: Lois Yu, Cindy Cheong Script Editor: Lois Yu Voice over: Amanda Silvera @amandasilvera Animator: Anilezah Lam Animator Manager: Cindy Cheong Assisted: Brisky Quach Crisis line in the U.S, call or text 988. Talk Suicide Canada at 1-833-456-4566. Extended readings: Beck, A. T., Steer, R. A., Kovacs, M., & Garrison, B. (1985). Hopelessness and eventual suicide: A 10-year prospective study of patients hospitalized with suicidal ideation. American Journal of Psychiatry, 142(5), 559–563. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.5.559 Posner, K., Brown, G. K., Stanley, B., Brent, D. A., Yershova, K. V., Oquendo, M. A., ... & Mann, J. J. (2011). The Columbia–Suicide Severity Rating Scale: Initial validity and internal consistency findings from three multisite studies with adolescents and adults. American Journal of Psychiatry, 168(12), 1266–1277. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.10111704 Joiner, T. E., Jr. (2005). Why people die by suicide. Harvard University Press.