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32 Free Anxiety Tests and OCD Screeners

32 free, research-based anxiety tests and OCD screeners. Each is reviewed by a clinician, scored in your browser, and gives you an instant plain-language result. No sign-up, and your answers never leave your device.

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Anxiety can show up as persistent worry, fear in social situations, panic, or avoidance of particular places and experiences. These questionnaires help you choose a closer starting point. The GAD-7 looks at general anxiety symptoms, the SPIN explores social anxiety, and the OCI-R covers several kinds of obsessive-compulsive symptoms. More focused tools address intrusive thoughts, health worries, specific fears, and related repetitive behaviors that may be difficult to describe.

You do not need to know the name of a condition before choosing a test. Start with the experience that is getting in your way, such as worry, checking, avoidance, hair pulling, or skin picking. Similar experiences can have different explanations, and OCD is not simply another name for anxiety. These educational screens can help organize a conversation with a professional, but they cannot confirm a condition or rule one out.

All anxiety and OCD tests

Anxiety

Anxiety Test

Based on the validated GAD-7, with an instant severity result.

Based on the validated GAD-7·7 questions, about 7 min
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Social Anxiety Test

Based on the validated SPIN, measuring fear, avoidance, and physical symptoms together.

Based on the validated SPIN·17 questions, about 6 min
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Panic Disorder Test

Informed by DSM-5 criteria and the PDSS, measuring attack frequency, distress, anxiety, and avoidance.

Informed by the Panic Disorder Severity Scale·12 questions, about 6 min
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Health Anxiety Test (Hypochondria)

Informed by the validated SHAI, measuring illness worry, body-checking, and reassurance-seeking.

Informed by the validated SHAI·14 questions, about 9 min
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Test Anxiety Test

Based on the Test Anxiety Inventory and Westside scale, with separate worry and physical subscores.

Based on the Test Anxiety Inventory & Westside scale·16 questions, about 7 min
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Selective Mutism Test (Adults & Teens)

For adults and teens whose voice works in some settings and shuts down in others. Screening, not diagnosis.

Informed by DSM-5 selective mutism criteria·16 questions, about 8 min
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Intolerance of Uncertainty Test

How much not knowing drives your worry, split into prospective and inhibitory anxiety.

Original items informed by the IUS two-factor model·18 questions, about 5 min
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Pain Catastrophizing Test

How your mind responds during pain: rumination, magnification, and helplessness, scored separately.

Original items informed by the three-factor PCS model·15 questions, about 5 min
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Adult Separation Anxiety Test

For adults: how strongly being apart from the people you love affects you, by distress, avoidance, and impact.

Original DSM-informed screener for adults only·20 questions, about 7 min
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State vs Trait Anxiety Test

Two scores, not one: how anxious you are right now versus how anxious you usually are.

Original two-part design, not the STAI·30 questions, about 5 min
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High-Functioning Anxiety Test

Twenty questions on the anxiety nobody sees: the racing mind, the over-functioning, the cost to rest.

Original educational screener · high-functioning anxiety is a description, not a diagnosis·20 questions, about 5 min
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Catastrophizing Test

How often your mind jumps to the worst case, split into magnification, helplessness and rumination.

Original educational screener · informed by cognitive therapy research·16 questions, about 4 min
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OCD and related

OCD Test (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)

Based on the validated OCI-R, with a six-area symptom breakdown most tests skip.

Based on the validated OCI-R·18 questions, about 8 min
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Harm OCD Test

An honest educational screener for unwanted, intrusive harm thoughts. Informed by the DOCS. Not a diagnosis.

Educational screener informed by the DOCS·14 questions, about 8 min
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Pure O OCD Test

An educational screener for intrusive thoughts and the covert mental compulsions most OCD tests miss.

Educational screener informed by the DOCS·14 questions, about 6 min
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Relationship OCD (ROCD) Test

Adapted from the validated ROCI and PROCSI, scoring relationship- and partner-centered obsessive doubts.

Adapted from the ROCI and PROCSI·12 questions, about 7 min
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Hoarding Disorder Test (HRS-SR)

Based on the Hoarding Rating Scale, covering clutter, discarding, acquiring, distress, and impairment.

Based on the Hoarding Rating Scale·5 questions, about 9 min
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OCD Severity Test (Y-BOCS-Style)

A self-rating in the Y-BOCS shape: time, interference, distress, resistance and control, scored 0 to 40.

Original items in the Y-BOCS structure · not the clinician scale·10 questions, about 6 min
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Contamination OCD Test

One OCD theme in depth: contamination fears, washing, avoidance and mental contamination.

Original subtype screener, not the Y-BOCS·20 questions, about 6 min
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OCD or Anxiety? Test: Which Pattern Fits Better

Twelve experiences described twice, OCD and anxiety, to show which pattern your answers fit.

Original paired items, not the Y-BOCS and not the GAD-7·24 questions, about 5 min
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OCD Themes Quiz: Rank Your Six Obsession Themes

Thirty questions ranking six obsession themes, with your leading one written out in full.

Original descriptive screener · themes are not DSM-5-TR subtypes·30 questions, about 6 min
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Phobias and specific fears

Phobia Test: What Are You Afraid Of?

Explore specific fears and social fears with an educational profile of where your fear concentrates.

Educational screener · DSM-5 phobia types·20 questions, about 7 min
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Agoraphobia Test

Based on the DSM-5 Severity Measure, covering fear, physical symptoms, and avoidance across situations.

Based on the DSM-5 Severity Measure·10 questions, about 8 min
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Claustrophobia Test

Based on the validated CLQ, scoring the two fears behind claustrophobia: suffocation and restriction.

Based on the validated Claustrophobia Questionnaire (CLQ)·26 questions, about 8 min
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Emetophobia Test

Based on the validated SPOVI, scoring avoidance and threat monitoring in the fear of vomiting.

Based on the validated SPOVI·14 questions, about 8 min
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Thalassophobia Test

An educational screener for fear of deep, open, or dark water, built on the DSM-5 phobia criteria.

Educational screener · DSM-5 phobia criteria·15 questions, about 8 min
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Trypophobia Test

Based on the validated TQ. Measures discomfort at clusters of small holes and bumps.

Based on the validated Trypophobia Questionnaire (TQ)·17 questions, about 8 min
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Scopophobia Test (Fear of Being Watched)

Fear of being watched or stared at, scored across fear, avoidance and daily impact.

Original educational screener · scrutiny fear·16 questions, about 5 min
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Death Anxiety Test (Thanatophobia)

How strong your fear of death is, split into dying, non-existence and losing others.

Original items · in the tradition of the Templer Death Anxiety Scale·20 questions, about 5 min
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Cherophobia Test (Fear of Happiness)

Do good moments make you brace for bad ones? Three patterns behind the fear of happiness.

Original items informed by the Fear of Happiness Scale·18 questions, about 5 min
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Hair pulling and skin picking

How to choose

If you want toTakeWhy
You want a brief check of general worryAnxiety TestThe GAD-7 focuses on general anxiety symptoms.
You notice obsessions or repeated compulsionsOCD Test (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)The OCI-R explores six symptom areas rather than only checking behavior.
You feel fear or avoidance around other peopleSocial Anxiety TestThe SPIN considers fear, avoidance, and physical symptoms together.
You are unsure which specific fears affect you mostPhobia Test: What Are You Afraid Of?This educational profile helps you explore fear domains without assigning a diagnosis.
You are troubled by unwanted harm thoughtsHarm OCD TestThis DOCS-informed screen explores intrusive thoughts without treating their content as a verdict.

Anxiety and OCD tests FAQ

Should I choose the GAD-7 or the OCD test?

The GAD-7 is a broad starting point for general worry. The OCI-R is more relevant when you want to explore obsessions or compulsions, including repeated checking or other rituals. Experiences can overlap, so choose the closest question first rather than expecting either result to explain everything you notice.

Is OCPD the same thing as OCD?

No. OCD and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder are different concepts, even though their names look similar. The OCD tools here focus on obsessions and compulsions. The OCPD questionnaire sits in the personality disorder and trait collection and explores other patterns. Neither online screen can tell you which diagnosis, if any, applies.

Can repeated testing make worries harder to settle?

If you find yourself retaking a questionnaire to feel certain or reassured, another score may not answer the underlying concern. Pause and consider discussing the pattern with a qualified professional. One result can be a conversation aid; you do not need to keep checking until the number feels comfortable.

What if I feel unsafe or physically unwell?

A questionnaire cannot assess an emergency or explain new physical symptoms. Contact local emergency services if you are in immediate danger or facing a medical emergency. You can seek support before completing any screen, whatever your score might be.

Cite this source

Psychology.com. (2026, October 22). Free Anxiety Tests and OCD Screeners. Psychology.com. https://psychology.com/tests/anxiety-tests

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Important: This is an educational screening tool, not a medical or psychological diagnosis. If you are distressed by anything that came up, please reach out to a licensed mental-health professional.