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Protective Patterns Assessment Quiz

Let's discover which protective pattern is most present in your life 

If you don't want to take the quizz you can go directly to the pattern you'd like to work on here

This comprehensive 52-question assessment helps you identify which protective patterns are most active in your life. Understanding your patterns is the first step toward transformation.

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What This Quiz Measures

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Our questionnaire evaluates 13 protective patterns that commonly develop as survival strategies:

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  • People-Pleasing: Prioritizing others' needs and aproval, at the expense of personal boundaries.

  • Intimacy Avoidance: Keeping interactions on a surface level and steers away from intimacy or vulnerability.

  • Emotional Dependency: Needing constant contact, reassurance, or attention from close relationships.

  • Conflict Avoidance: Avoiding conflicts and arguments at all costs, often to maintain peace and superficial harmony.

  • Overactive Anger: Reacting to frustration with visible intensity, such as raising the voice, arguing, or showing irritation.

  • Passive-Agressiveness: Expressing discontent indirectly through sarcasm, withdrawal, or subtle resistance.

  • Overfunctioning & Rescuing: Taking on more responsibility than fair share in relationships, in order to "fix" or "rescue" others.

  • Judgment & Excessive Criticism: Regularly pointing out what’s wrong or could be improved in others or situations.

  • Underfunctioning & Dependency: Constantly relying on others to lead, decide, or motivate action.

  • Control: Attempting to control or dictate situations or relationships.

  • Chronic Suspicion: Questionning others’ intentions and double-checking information before trusting.

  • Shyness & Self-Effacement: Avoiding visibility by staying small, quiet or in the background.

  • Defensiveness & Blame-Shifting: Reacting to feedback by explaining, justifying, or pointing out others’ faults.

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How It Works

The quiz takes approximately 5-7 minutes to complete. You'll answer 52 questions about your automatic responses in different situations.

There are no right or wrong answers—only honest reflections of your current behaviours.

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After completing the quiz, you'll receive:

  • Whic protective patterns are most present in your life

  • Detailed explanations of your patterns

  • Personalized insights and next steps

  • Access to pattern-specific transformation resources

 

You won't be asked to create an account. Please note that for this reason, the results of this questionnaire are not saved.

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Begin Your Assessment!

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I avoid asking others for help, preferring to handle things myself
When others try to discuss emotions with me, I joke, change the subject or withdraw
I raise my voice or become visibly angry when I'm upset
I wait for others to take the lead or make decisions rather than initiating
I hold back from speaking up in groups, even when I have something to contribute
When someone gives me feedback, my first reaction is to defend or justify myself
I agree to things but then procrastinate, forget, or do them halfheartedly
I need to know details and have a plan before I can relax in situations
I struggle to be alone and seek out company or contact even when I could use solitude
I change the subject, leave, shut down or find excuses to escape when tensions rise

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