What this test explores
You’ll get scores across four dimensions:
- Identifying feelings – recognizing what you feel (and separating emotions from body sensations).
- Describing emotions – putting feelings into words clearly.
- Inner focus vs facts – tendency to focus on external facts over inner emotional states.
- Emotional imagination – ability to imagine and connect with emotional experiences.
Emotional awareness skills can improve with practice. This tool is for reflection and does not provide a clinical diagnosis.
How the test works
You’ll see one statement at a time. Answer based on your typical experience. All questions are required.
Practical ways to build emotional awareness
- Label feelings: practice choosing 1–3 emotion words (“irritated”, “sad”, “relieved”).
- Body scan: notice where emotions show up (tight chest, warm face, restless legs).
- Emotion journaling: “Situation → feeling → need → next step.”
- Share one feeling: in a safe relationship, name a feeling rather than explaining facts.