How exactly do I interpret this scale :)?
For those curious: https://dlcincluded.github.io/MQ/
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Took a look at the test, just a consideration:
After a period of instability, I need a quiet and predictable environment.
I need a quiet and predictable environment for me to switch from one task to another easily.
I often struggle to concentrate in busy and/or unpredictable environments.
The very same physical person, same neurology and genetics, taking this test after having lived 10 years in the countryside working crops, will respond differently than after having lived 10 years in a noisy city working in a cramped office, because they will have different frameworks of what constitutes "quiet", "busy" and "predictable". Change the variables, and plenty of questions in the questionnaire will have the same issue. To use anoter example, this question:
I rarely find simultaneously holding eye contact and making a verbal conversation with another person uncomfortable.
When asked to autistic people, tends to have different answers depending on whether they have a SO or not.
You shouldn't use the test as an objective, scientific measure of "this is how monotropic/autistic I am", but rather as a space of self-reflection to evaluate how well you're "working" (in terms of rest, leisure, productivity, socialization) in your current environment, and wonder if you should seek changes to better enjoy your life, such as seeking in-doors social activities (such as roleplaying games) rather than restaurants for socialization, or request accomodations at work (such as specific periods of time when you're allowed to focus on your job undisturbed).
What does monotropic mean?
Monotropism is often described as a "tunnel vision" and is posited as the "central underlying feature" of autism
It is described as a person's tendency to focus their attention on a small number of interests at any time, tending to miss things outside of this attention tunnel.
Ahh, yea thats me 😅
I've been masking and compensating for so long that I often feel that my answers don't fully reflect my autism. I'm also incredibly particular about the wording of questions. In many cases a single word changed would dramatically change my answer even though I suspect most allistic people would consider them to be the same question.
Monotropism Score: 168 / 235
Your Average: 3.57
This score suggests that you are more Monotropic than about 5% of autistic people and about 75% of allistic people based on data from the initial validation study.
Dang, I got 3.15, 1% and 47%... What does it mean!?
"I usually mean what I say and no more than that."
God, I need to get this printed on a t-shirt.
The number of times I've had people read into something that I most certainly did not say.
These questions could not have been written by autistic people. Way too much ambiguity and not considering lifestyles.
Funny enough, I had somebody point me to these because the questions for RAADS-R didn't seem to mesh well w/ them.
This reminds me of those facebook quizzes that were all the rage some years back.
Just so you know, one of my spirit animals was the unicorn. And yes, I do fart rainbows at times.
You can interpret it any way you want, I keep them in memory as accolades and move on.
It's been a moment since I took the monotropism questionnaire, but I scored in the 200s.
The title makes me think that you discovered the monotropism questionnaire from the relevant video from "I am autistic, now what?". In case you haven't watched the video, maybe it's a good intro.
Other than that, I am myself trying to answer the same question. For me learning about autism has helped a lot. There have been a lot of moments of "doesn't everybody do that?" and "oh, that's why!".
If there are problems that lead to you taking the questionnaire, maybe it's worth seeking guidance from a professional. Though, sometimes it's hard to get proper help.
Regardless, if the result is true or not, it's worth it to take a look at your day to day life, see how monotropism is affecting you and if you can make any changes that would help. For example, at some point I realized one of the reasons I was avoiding hanging the laundry out to dry is that I hate touching wet fabrics, and mentally preparing myself for it made it a lot more bearable (still icky though).
I always hate these type of tests. Maybe cus I have some weird problem, but I could take this test every day and score weirdly differently. Heck even in the same day. I always feel like I should just answer it all down the middle cus I can apply it depending on my circumstances.
It's like those job surveys crappy jobs have. Like yeah I have a great personality, when it's a good day and people are nice, otherwise no my personality is real bad when people are mean and I didn't get sleep. What answer do you want from me lol. I eventually learned they want one of either extreme on these questions when i landed a manager job way back when. So silly. Just let me interview people.
Anyway I got a 190 today. Maybe I'll do it again in a day or two and see what it is then.
Nobody is a perfect fit to any 1 divergence. It seems that it is much more complicated than that.
Could you share the link to this test?
Absolutely!
I used this link initially from DuckDuckGo https://monotropism.org/2023/mq/
Which has this self-scoring version below :)
Interesting, thanks!
Monotropism Score: 181 / 235
Your Average: 3.93
I'm Monotropic, Now What?
This score suggests that you are more Monotropic than about 27% of autistic people and about 90% of allistic people based on data from the initial validation study.
I've never been officially diagnosed with any time of autism. I was diagnosed with ADHD as a kid in the early 80s, though was not medicated and unaware until sometime after I graduated high school; my parents just neglected to tell me until then.
Results from the quiz
spoiler
Monotropism Score: 175 / 235
Your Average: 3.72
This score suggests that you are more Monotropic than about 11% of autistic people and about 83% of allistic people based on data from the initial validation study.
I feel like my ADHD is holding me back from getting a high score here. I can be a bit spontaneous and do multiple things at once. I also don't mind being interrupted (within reason) and I just can't stick to a routine.
Almost exactly the same score. Likewise almost exactly the same reaction qua ADHD :D
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AuDHD gang represent 👊
Monotropism Score: 224 / 235 Your Average: 4.77
I'm Monotropic, Now What?
This score suggests that you are more Monotropic than about 97% of autistic people and about 100% of allistic people based on data from the initial validation study.
A few more points and it will say
I'm Monotropism
Probably, yes. :D
I used to score lower but I‘m trying to find out what of my personality actually is me and what is the shit my parents and other people programmed into me.
Left alone I go full hermit mode, focus on the same stuff all day. It can lead to incredible things but dont dare to interrupt me. ;)
I've been going through a deconstruction journey as well which has been akin to an existential crisis at times. Though I keep having revelations in one state of mind that I lose access to when I'm in another, so that's something to navigate.
Anyhow, good luck in meeting the true haui, I'm sure they're a wonderful person in there.
Thank you so much. I didn’t expect surprise kindness there! :) that put a large smile on my face.
The losing access thing has been bad for me in the past. I‘m somewhat convinced it was trauma related for me. I often switch mental states when triggered and one version cant access memories of the other. Sounds really scary if I put it like this.
Feel free to dm me if you want to talk about it.
Monotropism Score: 206 / 235
Your Average: 4.38
This score suggests that you are more Monotropic than about 75% of autistic people and about 99% of allistic people based on data from the initial validation study.
Well fuck
Nailed it! Y'all, I thought this was normal and everyone was just really good at controlling their distress 😆
Just discovered this community and researching more about my autism, didn’t even know Montropism was a thing or what the term meant until reading this post and the responses.
Thank you for sharing, I now have a new topic to explore!
~ faint, emotionally mixed “yay!” ~