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Hello Emma,

Overall result

Moderate symptoms

This illustrative profile describes moderate to marked symptoms that may suggest adult ADHD: very pronounced impulsivity and executive functioning difficulties are likely affecting several areas of daily life. This is not a diagnosis — only a professional can make one — but a screening that flags a way of functioning where the cognitive 'brake' and 'conductors' are being put to the test. The common thread is an executive fragility that creates a frustrating gap between intentions and carrying them out, often experienced as a personal failing when it is nothing of the sort. The most effective lever combines external compensation (systems, routines, deadlines) with self-kindness. Above all, given the impact described, an assessment with an ADHD professional is the right step: identified in adulthood, ADHD benefits from forms of support that genuinely improve quality of life.

Your profile at a glance

InattentionHyperactivityImpulsivityExecutivefunctioning

Detailed analysis

InattentionVery High

This tendency is clear in you — here is what it reveals, to understand and move forward.

Your attention difficulties are very pronounced and significantly affect your daily life. Professional support is strongly advised.

Your responses describe a very pronounced trait on inattention. This level of intensity indicates that the dimension occupies a central place in how you currently function, with a likely noticeable impact on daily life (sleep, relationships, motivation, decision-making capacity). The mechanisms typical of this level — a feeling of being overwhelmed, a gradual loss of grip on the situation, withdrawal or isolation — can make it hard to climb out of this dynamic on your own. It is important to remember that a very high questionnaire score is not a diagnosis and says nothing about your worth or your ability to feel better: it signals an intensity — that is, a need for support — not a fate. Many people who recognise themselves in this level find lasting relief once they are supported, because what feels insurmountable alone often becomes manageable with help. This is precisely the level at which support from a mental health professional (psychologist, psychiatrist, GP) is most useful: to set a framework, identify what keeps the dimension going, and build a tailored strategy. If you feel significant distress or thoughts that are hard to carry, do not hesitate to contact a helpline mentioned at the end of this report.

Recommendations

  • Make an appointment promptly with a psychiatrist or neuropsychologist specialising in ADHD.
  • Explore the available therapeutic options (behavioural therapy, medication).
  • Join a support group for adults with ADHD.
HyperactivityHigh

This tendency is clear in you — here is what it reveals, to understand and move forward.

Level of physical restlessness, difficulty remaining still, and constant need for movement.

Your responses describe a marked trait on hyperactivity. At this level, the dimension can become self-sustaining through self-reinforcing mechanisms (avoidance, narrowing of attention, or rumination), whose exact form depends on the dimension involved. This trait typically shows up across several everyday contexts, not just in exceptional situations. Understanding the self-reinforcing mechanism is often the key: for example, avoiding a situation brings short-term relief but confirms to the brain that it was dangerous, which strengthens the avoidance next time. Spotting this kind of loop in your own daily life — without judging yourself — is already a lever for change, because we can only act on what we have first identified. It may interact with other elevated dimensions of the profile — for instance by worsening the feeling of overload or by limiting the resources available to cope with it. It can be helpful to talk this through with a professional (psychologist, doctor) to explore in more detail what is at play and identify levers for action; structured approaches such as cognitive and behavioural therapies work precisely on these chains of events, through small concrete and realistic steps rather than willpower alone.

ImpulsivityVery High

This tendency is clear in you — here is what it reveals, to understand and move forward.

Your impulsivity is very pronounced and represents a major challenge in your daily life. It can lead to serious consequences.

Your very high score describes very pronounced impulsivity, which represents a major day-to-day challenge and can lead to serious consequences. Without judgement, ADHD impulsivity is not a wilful lack of reflection: it is a difficulty inserting a pause between the impulse and the action, linked to the fragility of the executive 'brake'. One way of reading this, to weigh against your own experience, is that this impulsivity shows up on several levels (words that outrun thought, hasty decisions, purchases, emotional reactions) and often generates regret and guilt that do nothing to ease the mechanism. The very high nature of the score deserves to be taken seriously. The most effective lever is to externalise the missing brake: personal rules (decide nothing in the heat of the moment, a mandatory delay before an important purchase), spotting high-risk contexts, and environmental strategies that reduce impulsive opportunities. Given the impact described, an assessment with an ADHD professional is entirely warranted — this screening is a flag, not a diagnosis.

Recommendations

  • Consult a specialist psychiatrist promptly to assess the therapeutic options.
  • Set up a support system with a trusted person for important decisions.
  • Explore therapies specific to impulse control (CBT, dialectical therapy).
Executive functioningHigh

This tendency is clear in you — here is what it reveals, to understand and move forward.

Ability to plan, organize, manage time, and regulate behavior to achieve goals.

Your high score describes notable executive functioning difficulties: planning, organising, managing time, and regulating behaviour to reach goals. Without judgement, the executive functions are the 'conductors' of action; their fragility, central to adult ADHD, explains a frequent and frustrating gap between actual abilities and putting them into practice. One way of reading this, to weigh against your own experience, is that this gap ('I know what I should do but I can't manage it the way I want') often feeds an unfair self-image, when it is a matter of how you function and not a failure of willpower. The high nature of the score deserves attention. The most effective lever is compensation through external systems (planners, reminders, breaking tasks down, routines) rather than effort alone. And as the whole of this screening suggests, if these difficulties weigh on you over time, a specialist assessment makes it possible to put things into perspective and provide support.

Profile synthesis

Your profile shows moderate manifestations. Some dimensions deserve attention without being alarming: they describe real but contained difficulties that do not yet occupy the centre of how you function. The moderate level is precisely where observation is most useful, because it can evolve in either direction depending on what is happening in your life. Spotting the contexts and moments when these dimensions intensify — fatigue, conflict, overload, isolation — gives you concrete levers to act early. Talking about it with someone you trust or a professional, even without urgency, can help clarify what is at play and prevent a gradual worsening through accumulation.

How your dimensions interact

Several dimensions show high scores at the same time (Inattention, Hyperactivity, Impulsivity, Executive functioning). These dimensions do not operate in a vacuum: they can reinforce one another, each sustaining the others in a loop that makes the picture heavier than the sum of its parts. The good news about this mechanism is that it also works the other way around: targeted work on one of them, often the most accessible or the most invasive, can have positive knock-on effects on the others. This is precisely the kind of links a professional can help untangle, to choose where to start rather than facing everything at once.

Your action plan

Right now

  • Hyperactivity — Observe the situations in which this dimension shows up most intensely, and note the triggers (context, emotion, intensity).
  • Hyperactivity — Identify a professional (psychologist, GP) with whom to address this dimension. Booking a first appointment is an immediate action, not a therapeutic commitment.
  • Executive functioning — Observe the situations in which this dimension shows up most intensely, and note the triggers (context, emotion, intensity).
  • Executive functioning — Identify a professional (psychologist, GP) with whom to address this dimension. Booking a first appointment is an immediate action, not a therapeutic commitment.
  • Inattention — Make an appointment promptly with a psychiatrist or neuropsychologist specialising in ADHD.
  • Inattention — Explore the available therapeutic options (behavioural therapy, medication).
  • Impulsivity — Consult a specialist psychiatrist promptly to assess the therapeutic options.
  • Impulsivity — Set up a support system with a trusted person for important decisions.

In the coming weeks

  • Maintain a regular therapeutic framework (spaced-out sessions, medical follow-up) to work on this dimension over time.

In the long run

  • Retake this test in 3 to 6 months to measure your progress. Significant changes on the elevated dimensions are often visible on this timescale.
  • If you begin therapeutic work, identify together 1 to 2 priority dimensions rather than tackling everything at once — targeted work is more effective than working on everything globally.
  • Build a lasting support network: a health professional (psychologist, psychiatrist, GP), people around you, and possibly a support group. Solidity comes from numbers and complementarity.
  • Take care of the physiological basics (sleep, nutrition, physical activity): they do not cure anything but they strongly condition your psychological availability for therapeutic work.

Avenues to explore

These are hypotheses, not conclusions. You are the one who knows whether they resonate.

You may experience a particular difficulty sustaining your attention over time, especially on tasks that are unstimulating or long. This very high inattention (40%) could show up as frequent forgetfulness, difficulty following detailed conversations, or a tendency to become scattered quickly. In some people, this profile comes with a frustrating sense of 'not being able to pin down' your attention even when you want to.

Check for yourself: Observe concretely over a week: how many times a day do you struggle to finish a task without interruption? Note the specific contexts (at work, at home, while reading). Check whether these difficulties arise mainly on activities you find uninteresting, or also on those you enjoy.

One possible explanation is that you feel a constant need to move, to fidget, or to switch activities (hyperactivity at 60%). This energy that is hard to channel could make static situations unpleasant (meetings, travel, waiting). You may also experience internal restlessness even when your body is still.

Check for yourself: Over a few days, spot precisely: do you find it hard to sit still for long without moving? Do you frequently get up to go and do something? Is there a difference between the moments when you can be physically active and those when you have to stay still? Does this restlessness ease when you are genuinely absorbed in an engaging activity?

You may often act or speak without having time to think about the consequences (impulsivity at 40%). This could translate into hasty decisions, frequent interruptions in conversation, or impulsive purchases. In some people, it is less a tendency toward thoughtless action than a difficulty slowing down the decision-making process to weigh up the options.

Check for yourself: Note over a week the situations where you acted quickly without really thinking. Did you then feel regret or satisfaction? Do you often feel an inner urgency to act or speak immediately? Check whether you manage to rein in this impulse better when you are truly aware of significant stakes.

One possible explanation is that you experience difficulty with your organisation and planning abilities (executive functioning at 60%). You may waste time looking for things, struggle to structure your priorities, or regularly put tasks off until later. This does not mean a global incapacity, but rather fatigue at the organisational effort.

Check for yourself: Over two weeks, observe: how do you organise your days and your projects? Do you need external tools (lists, reminders, alarms) so as not to forget anything? Do you find it exhausting to plan or structure a busy day? Note whether this difficulty worsens when you are tired or stressed.

13 clinical reading frameworks are applied to your profile below — the exact number announced for this test.

Reading frameworks

Recognised clinical frameworks applied to your profile, as additional perspectives to weigh.

Nervous system stateSympathetic (mobilisation) / possible disorganisation

The hyperactivity and impulsivity suggest chronic sympathetic activation, with difficulty accessing ventral vagal rest. The attentional and executive deficits may also reflect a disorganisation of nervous tone, where the person swings between over-activation and disengagement.

Cognitive patternAll-or-nothing thinking

Impulsivity and attention difficulties can encourage hasty, binary judgements ('it's great or it's rubbish'), with no middle ground. This distortion could amplify the frustration around unfinished tasks or mistakes.

Cognitive patternCatastrophising

Executive difficulties and chronic inattention risk feeding an anxious reading of forgetfulness or lateness ('I'm going to lose everything', 'it's a disaster'), reinforcing rumination around shortcomings.

Early schemaDefectiveness / Shame

A moderate-to-high score on inattention and impulsivity can crystallise an internal belief of being 'broken' or inadequate, especially if the environment has historically stigmatised these traits. This conviction could maintain a fragile self-esteem.

Cognitive distortions — Sources: Aaron Beck (1976) ; David Burns (1980)

Young schemas — Sources: Jeffrey Young (1990) ; Jeffrey Young, Janet Klosko, Marjorie Weishaar (2003)

Polyvagal theory — Sources: Stephen Porges (2011) ; Stephen Porges (1995) — proposed/debated theory

Additional clinical frameworks

Recognised models for this domain, applied to your profile as hypotheses to weigh — not a diagnosis.

ADHD / executive function models

DSM-5-TR criteria (ADHD)

Your profile shows very high inattention (40%) together with hyperactivity-impulsivity that is also present (60% and 40%), which would suggest a combined presentation according to the DSM-5-TR criteria. You may encounter difficulties sustaining your attention on tasks, while experiencing motor restlessness or a tendency to act without thinking — is this a pattern you have noticed across several areas of your life (work, relationships, daily life)?

Sources: American Psychiatric Association (2022)

Barkley's model

Your impulsivity score (40%, very high) could reflect a difficulty delaying or inhibiting your behavioural reactions. This model suggests that this inability to 'brake' upstream then disrupts several executive functions — working memory, emotion management, organisation — which would also explain your executive functioning difficulties (60%). Do you recognise this sense of reacting too fast, then having to correct things after the fact?

Sources: Russell Barkley (1997) ; Russell Barkley (1997)

Brown's model (6 clusters)

Your moderate global score (50%) with peaks in hyperactivity (60%) and executive functioning (60%) suggests disruptions across several executive clusters: activation (difficulty starting or sustaining effort), focus (inattention at 40%), and possibly action (movement regulation). This profile evokes a dynamic executive dysfunction rather than a single deficit — do you feel that your ability to organise yourself varies a lot depending on the context or how interesting the task is?

Sources: Thomas E. Brown (2005) ; Thomas E. Brown (2013)

Emotional dysregulation (RDS)

Your moderate-to-high hyperactivity (60%) can sometimes come with heightened emotional reactivity — a tendency to react intensely to frustration or change, with a slow return to calm. You may experience surges of energy or emotional agitation that interfere with your relational or professional well-being — is this a dimension you have felt but which was not explicitly measured by this test?

Sources: Philip Shaw, Argyris Stringaris, Joel Nigg, Ellen Leibenluft (2014)

Cross-cutting frameworks

Window of tolerance (Siegel)

Your profile suggests a notable fluctuation between hyperactivity (60%) and inattention (40%), which could correspond to alternating overflows outside the window of tolerance: at times over-activation with restlessness, at times under-activation with concentration difficulties. You may swing between these two poles, making it hard to maintain an optimal zone of balance for everyday engagement — does this fit your experience?

Emotion regulation (Gross)

Profiles with high impulsivity (40%) and executive difficulties (60%) sometimes suggest a tendency to react in the moment rather than to reappraise cognitively before acting. Expressive suppression might predominate, at a cost in energy or relationships — have you noticed that you often act before 'thinking', or that the effort of self-control wears you out?

Psychological flexibility (ACT, Hayes)

Attentional and executive difficulties (both moderate-to-high) can make alignment with your values more laborious: you may find it hard to sustain committed action in the face of distractions or internal restlessness. Defusion (stepping back from intrusive thoughts) and acceptance of fluctuations in energy could help you move toward your goals despite these obstacles — do you recognise this friction?

Defence mechanisms (Vaillant)

High impulsivity and executive deficits can favour more immediate defence mechanisms (humour, acting out, projection) rather than reflective strategies (sublimation, altruism). This does not reflect a fragility, but suggests that you would draw more on short-term resources to manage tension — do you often turn to action or distraction to cope?

Self-compassion (Neff)

The challenges of inattention and impulsivity can generate intense self-criticism ('why can't I concentrate?'), a sense of isolation ('no one understands'), or doubt about your ability. Cultivating kindness toward these natural fluctuations and recognising their universal nature (others get distracted and restless too) may give you more room to make progress — can you identify moments when you are hard on yourself about this?

These frameworks do not constitute a medical diagnosis.

Resources & exercise

7-day observation journal

Each day, spot one situation where “Hyperactivity” showed up. Note the automatic thought, the emotion (0–100) and what you did. Then write one more balanced, alternative reading. After 7 days, re-read your notes: the recurring patterns become visible — the first step to change them.

Support resources

If you are struggling, you are not alone. United States: call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7). Elsewhere: find your local line at findahelpline.com. This report supports self-knowledge and does not replace a consultation with a psychologist or doctor.

Your answers in detail

1. How often do you have difficulty sustaining your attention during long or repetitive tasks?

Answer : Rarely

You answered "Rarely". Can you tell me more about when this comes up for you?

It mainly shows up in situations that matter to me, when I feel under pressure or emotionally involved.

2. Do you make careless mistakes in your work or daily activities?

Answer : Rarely

And how long have you noticed this?

It has been more present over the past few months, though I recognise it from before too.

3. How often do you have difficulty listening attentively when someone is speaking directly to you?

Answer : Rarely

4. Do you tend not to finish what you start (projects, household chores, correspondence)?

Answer : Rarely

5. How often are you easily distracted by external stimuli (noises, movements, conversations)?

Answer : Rarely

6. Do you misplace items necessary for your activities (keys, phone, documents)?

Answer : Rarely

7. …

The next questions (7, 8…) continue in your test. This sample only shows the beginning — the full test has 60 questions, and every answer refines your report.

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