In a recent Moodscope Blog comment I mentioned that a relatively new – but now very close – friend was incredulous that my Moodscope score was only 28% that day. In fact he found it a bit strange that I needed to use Moodscope at all. Of course we all know that there are many things about us that even close friends don't know: feelings that we mostly keep hidden, even feelings that we sometimes try to keep hidden from ourselves! He still doesn't know, and I won't tell him, that my scores have been much lower in the past and that my failed suicide attempt left me disappointed at the time.

Well... that discussion with my new friend got me thinking, got me into a philosophical frame of mind. I decided to look a little more deeply into the Moodscope Test answers I was giving. I guess I thought I ought to check the "calibration" of my current scores.

First I needed to remind myself what all the Moodscope cards are – personally I rattle through the test, taking each card as it gets dealt to me and have long ago lost that birds-eye view of the whole experience.

If you too have lost that overview then here are the Moodscope cards, each with the Moodscope definition of what they mean:

Active: Feeling full of energy

Afraid: Feeling frightened about something

Alert: Being quick to notice and react

Ashamed: Feeling shame for doing something wrong or foolish

Attentive: Paying close attention

Determined: Being resolute, showing determination

Enthusiastic: Showing eagerness

Excited: Looking forward to things

Guilty: Feeling regret for doing something wrong

Hostile: Feeling unfriendly towards others

Inspired: Feeling the desire to do something

Interested: Wanting to be involved in something

Irritable: Feeling easily annoyed.

Jittery: Feeling agitated and edgy

Nervous: Feeling nervous that something unpleasant will happen

Proud: Feeling a sense of achievement

Scared: Feeling alarmed about something

Strong: Feeling able to cope with difficulties

Upset: Feeling sad and troubled about things.

There are a series of fantastic Moodscope Blogs by Lex that go through each of the cards in much more detail from his personal perspective. If you search the archives (September to November 2013) then Lex's wonderful blogs are there for you to read.

I've re-read all of Lex's blogs, done some other research and now I've finished recalibrating my Moodscope score. My score has gone up, not dramatically but it has gone up. Maybe that's because I understand the questions better now or perhaps it's because doing the research has given me focus and improved my mood! (See INSPIRED and PROUD above).

In other blogs I will giving my personal interpretation of Lex's original posts and some intriguing aspects of my recent research.

Be yourself – rate yourself in your own terms: for me at least it's the trends that matter most.

Have a great day!

David

A Moodscope member.