Have you ever wondered how healthy you really are? This is obviously a very important question a person should always be asking his or herself because taking stock of your health helps you stay well.
But here at Silva, we’re going much, much deeper than the usual. Once you take this quiz, you’re going to discover just how healthy you are in the 4 main areas of health that complete you.
These areas are:
- physical
- spiritual
- emotional
- mental/mind
All 4 areas are interconnected for a healthy, happy you.
If one area isn’t doing so well, you won’t be doing so well either. It’s imperative that all 4 areas are working like a well-oiled machine so that you can live the breakthrough life you’ve always dreamed of.
So, take the quiz now to discover which areas are your healthiest and which areas need improving!
It’s fun and easy, and don’t forget to share your scores with us!
For each even question, give yourself 1 point if you said Yes/Agree
For each odd question, deduct 1 point if you said Yes/Agree
Remember that you can have between -8 to 7 points for each category.
Take The Health Quiz Now
Mental Health
1. I know I’ll get embarrassed if I speak up. 2. I am here on earth for a reason and I will discover that reason sooner or later/have discovered my life purpose. 3. I make excuses for myself all the time. 4. I can plan ahead without fear of future. 5. I often feel that people stare at me and talk about me behind my back. 6. I choose positive resourceful thoughts even in difficult situations. 7. I feel like I do dumb things all the time. 8. I do my best in every situation and give a 100%. 9. I am generally optimistic but believe that you can’t always get what you want. 10. I recognize that I hold beliefs that have held me back in the and try to change them. 11. I am happy with what I have and I don’t really need more. 12. I welcome new ideas and experiences. 13. I believe that it’s wrong to want to have more than what’s been given to me. 14. I feel like I can accomplish anything if I set my mind to it. 15. Some things are just out of my control.
Physical Health
1. I do not enjoy playing or taking part in any sporting activities that cause me to sweat or my heart rate to increase. 2. I eat a balanced and healthy diet – even if I slip off the bandwagon sometimes, I can easily get back on track. 3. My physical strength is less than average/I cannot touch my toes/I cannot walk for less than 10 minutes without getting out of breath. 4. I work out at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes. 5. I do not have an organized routine. I sleep and eat whenever I want. 6. I mediate daily or have a habit of meditation. 7. I never seem to get enough sleep; I am always drowsy. 8. I sleep at least 8 hours a day. 9. I often eat fast food or deep fried foods. 10. I love to walk to places as opposed to driving/being transported there or I always take the elevator instead of the stairs. 11. I like to lie in bed late at the weekends. 12. I fall asleep within the first 15 minutes of my head touching the pillow. 13. I frequently skip meals or forget to eat because I am so busy. 14. I drink at least the recommended 8 glasses of water a day. More if I am active. 15. I am addicted to caffeine or nicotine – or habitually use these substances.
Emotional Health
1. I am quick to anger, sometimes without reason. 2. I do not fear rejection from my friends, family and the people surrounding me. 3. I often judge people based on my current emotions. 4. I am generally a positive person and it shows. 5. People think I am arrogant when I’m in fact just shy and insecure about myself. 6. I am confident in my abilities and skills in my job and career. 7. I have a temper that I can’t seem to control. 8. I am confident and secure in my relationships. 9. I am a shy person. 10. I forgive anyone anything they do, easily and completely. 11. I am quick to get defensive and want to punish those who challenge me. 12. I believe that failure is only the next stepping stone to success. 13. I am my own harshest critic. 14. I welcome and accept anyone’s shortcoming with open arms. 15. I question other people’s abilities or motives.
Spiritual Health
1. There is no meaning to life. It is just part of the natural equilibrium of things. 2. I never let myself believe that my faith in me is unjustified. 3. I don’t believe anything that hasn’t been tested and proved by science. 4. I accept that there are some things I will just never understand. 5. I often ask myself why should we continue living? 6. I feel a strong connection to a higher power or inner source and frequently communicate with it. 7. I don’t believe that there is a reason for being on earth other than to live out our years. 8. I have full faith in myself and I believe that faith is what gets me though tough times. 9. I do not have an “approach” to life – it just happens you have to deal with it. 10. I believe that I will achieve all that I aspire to achieve in my life and more. 11. I don’t believe that I have any control over my fate. Everything has been preplanned for me so I should just hope for the best. 12. I have discovered and am living my life purpose. 13. I don’t think there is a “way out” at all. Life’s been designed to pull you under so that you’ll struggle until the day you die. 14. I know exactly the reasons for my current approach to life. 15. I have no specific rituals that I do (like pray, meditate, etc.) that connect me to a higher source.
So How Did You Do?
To rate yourself, add up how you did in each category – the closer to 8 you are, the healthier you are. If you have 0 or are in the negatives, then the less healthy you are. Read below to find out how healthy you are in each of the 4 areas of health:
Physical Health
Having a high positive number in the physical health category means that you are most likely an active, outgoing and strong person. Your nutrition, dietary and sleep habits put you at a very low risk for heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure and a myriad of other health challenges. While there is always room for improvement, you are on the right track.
If you have a negative score, then you’re likely in poor physical condition. If you are currently not having any health challenges, you could still be at risk for physical illness. Maybe you even notice small things – like getting sick often, reoccurring headaches or feeling tired all the time. With these current health habits, you could be facing a future of poor physical health.
Emotional Health
If you have a positive number in emotional health you are likely a very calm and peaceful person who forgives easily – yourself and others. Strong emotional health helps you react to stress in a resourceful way. Your friends probably describe you as a positive, optimistic type of person. You are most likely confident, a level headed person who is very adept in dealing with your emotions. That is, your feelings and emotions don’t control you or the decisions you make. Positive emotional health helps protect you from depression, the negative effects of stress, heart disease and high blood pressure.
If you scored negatively, you have delicate emotional health. You could be quick to anger and are prone to stress out very easily. Stress represses your immune system making you more susceptible to colds and other illnesses. You could be the type of person to have many doubts and fears, which might stem from a lack of self confidence. Low self esteem can lead to jealousy and shyness, which damages the relationships with those around you. Poor emotional health can lead to loneliness, depression, and inhibit your chances of succeeding.
Mental Health
If you scored a high positive number in the mental health category that means you’re the type of person who has goals and a vision for your life. You are most likely a life long learner who is constantly looking for new experiences to grow and challenge yourself. You tend to choose positive resourceful belief systems that help you reach your goals. Your friends would describe you as a go-getter and a problem solver.
If you have a low or negative score, you could be the type of person who doesn’t “dream big” or reach for the stars. This could possibly be because you think that it is not possible for you. You tend to second guess yourself and your abilities. You could be known as the “glass is half empty” type of person. You are prone to apathy and this is because you often feel as though much of your life is out of your control and your job is to just deal with it. Weak mental health can make you more susceptible to lethargy, sleeping problems and mental illness, especially as you age.
Spiritual Health
Having a healthy spiritual body is beneficial in many ways. Having strong faith will help you in making the big decisions and aid you in facing the difficult times. Your connection to a purpose greater can make you feel fulfilled and happy. You are most likely generous and charitable. Your strong spiritual connection will help you understand the big picture – keeping you positive and healthy.
Weak spiritual health will cause you to feel hopeless and out of control. Sometimes you might act a little selfish or greedy. You tend to be a more negative person and sometimes feel as if there is no purpose for living. Having weak spiritual ties makes you more susceptible to depression, mental illness and stress.
Thanks for taking the quiz and I hope that you find it useful. It’s always important to understand ourselves completely and that includes our health.
Share your scores and how you feel about your health below. I can’t wait to read your comments!
Better and better,
Laura
Please check your scoring instructions.
wow, i don't understand the scoring system at all. if i give myself a -1 for every even numbered question, then how can i have close to a whole 15? wouldn't it be -15 then? i am not sure what i am doing wrong but the scoring isn't making sense to me.
THE YESES MARKED FOR UR EVEN AND ODD NUMBERS ARE TAKEN AS 1 POINT EACH.THE YESES MARKED FOR THE ODD NOS WILL TAKE A MINUS ONE SO IF U HAVE SCORED 11 POINTS THAT IS 7 EVEN NOS AND 4 ODD NOS THE REMAINING 4 ODD NOS WHICH U HAVE MARKED AS YES WILL CARRY -1 POINT EACH U NEED TO SUBTRACT THAT NO. FROM THE 11 POINTS 11-4=7 SO 7 IS UR SCORE
I had a difficult time with how some of the questions were worded. For example #10 on physical health–"I always walk or I take the elevator"–that seemed to be an either/or question, not a yes/no question. #7 on spiritual health–do I answer "Yes" because I agree with the statement or "no" that statement isn't true?
The idea of a health summary is great–the questions need to be worded so that the answer for each person is obvious.
Is this backwards, or is it just my dyslexia? It looks to me like a negative number is better.
The scoring was very confusing to me. I gave myself a positive 1 for each yes in the odd numbers and a negative 1 for each yes in the even category.. is that correct? If so all my answers came out exactly opposite. I am confused. What did I do wrong?
Thank you,
Diane Donohue
Wrong, your outlook to truth is very twisted, it appears that life is about ego to you. It is interesting to observe the mind of others, and see how far from the truth humanity is! These types of classifications and justifications that people are following only cause hopelessness . If people taking these quizzes know this and use it as a gauge to their personal true self, they will see how the ego that "KNOWS", only wants to impose their will and personal believe on others, wiping away the unique being that lives in that body.
Henry
This was a disappointingly stupid "Test". I am a well balanced and healthy individual who understands himself very well. I invite you to go back over the instruction to the test and do the test yourself and see ho your health is. I am a most dissappointed that Silva would put out something so banal and misleading. What is the deal? More sales, lets have an honest answer, did you just not check this over before it was emailed?? Jose would roll over in his grave!
Hi Luara
I just took the health test, are you sure you have the marking system the right way.
For example to meit would be healthy to have a yes in the even boxes and no in the odd boxes
Like I can plan ahead without fear of future.
Would that not be healthy if you had no fear of the future
I know I’ll get embarrassed if I speak up.
would it not be healthy to be able to speak up with out getting embarresed
Thanks for your time Peter
Hi
You might like to re check your scoring instructions………
Also, on the basis of your scoring instruction as given, it is impossible to achieve your range of scores. (The range would be +8 to -7)
Its -8 to +7. Yes it is possible.
Sorry found the test very confusing, deducting? adding? even? odd?…..
I think I did it wrong, I'm an architectural graduate, with a fantastic home life, I like to study different faiths, but it turns out that I'm insecure, not spiritual, & really unhealthy? I think you got the scoring system the wrong way round, like taking the elevator instead of the stairs, I just don't get it sorry.
Hey, sorry to have to point this out, but I think you have the positive and negative scores the wrong way round. All the even questions are positive statements, and yet you have them scored as negative points, and you say that positive scores are good, but answer all the positive statements as 'agree' and you end up with a major negative score.
Or are you just testing us to see if we will notice this and have the nerve to point it out! LOL hahaha! I'm the kind of person who doesn't mind sticking their neck out, I believe it is important to say what you believe and not give in to social pressure if I think it is wrong:-)
might get more comments if you look at the instructions again.
seems to me that rules should be (for yes/agree) -1 odd…+1 even…in other words exactly opposite of: For each odd question, give yourself 1 point if you said Yes/Agree
For each even question, deduct 1 point if you said Yes/Agree. I scored neg in each catagory (-5,-3,-5,-6) total -19. For each question answered no, I neither added or subtracted. Please let me know if I misinterpreted.
Hello Laura,
Thank you so much for this! I did poorly but i copied all the questions. I will improve in all these areas in no time, I hope. Soon my second quiz will be positive. Only the spiritual was good not very good but better than the rest of them.
My mental has 4 yes only
My physical 2 yes
My emotional 10 odds
My spiritual 10 yes
Thank you for the quiz!
This was a very cool test and and reinforced how I think about my life in general every day.
the spiritual quiz score was 0.
However, I dispute the framing of ques. as the answer depends on how u frame them. Several ques are repeated.
Health. If people work out regularly, with each set of exercises repeated only after at least the 3 rd day, they will see improvement in stamina & also overall health.
+ Tummy shld be kept in tight all day, whether inhaling or exhaling.
+ Zero salt / white sugar / flour.
These basics may help move up much faster
4/5/4/4
what does this mean?
please help
Prakash Babu, you dont like to answer questions, blogging and to contemplate the perticualar framing of the pop quiz statements about your four types of health?
Im interested in your response
Friendly from SWD,
Parisa
4/4/5/4
means what
please help
Hi Prakash
Getting a positive number in each of the 4 areas is a good thing! It means you have good health habits. The closer your score to 7, the better. So Congratulations
I always love your blogs. I still have not bought your ultimate and still want to. I had high scores in everything but health. I just got out of the hospital today with yet another heart attack even though I do eat very healthy, and in small proportions. Thanks for a great article and test.
Wanda
4/-3/4/7
It was a sobering test and helped re-inforce what I already know about myself. I really need to take exercising more seriously as I’m currently overweight. I’m a strong Christian- does secular meditation and Christianity mix? I’m sitting on the fence where silver meditation techniques are concerned.
OK my results are this : MENTAL HEALTH = 11/15/ PHYSICAL HEALTH = 10/15
EMOTIONAL HEALTH = 9/15 SPIRITUAL HEALTH = 11/15.
So what is your comments to my results of the QUIZ AND MY SCORES.
Thank you
Interesting. Glad this isn't a test to see who can get the highest score. The answers to the questions would fluctuate for me depending on the day. Actually i was happy with what was as one day could seem like a year, or one year may be gone before you know it. Life just isn't about me.
Hello good folks,you did not tell how to score for questions like ‘íf i am NOT a shy person’ that is to say i dont agree with that statement and it is an odd number question.Do we score dash or zero in that situation? Anyway thanks for the efforts you make to wake us all up from time to time with quizzes like these. God bless.
I GOT 3
Mental=5 , Physical=3, Emotional=4, Spiritual-7
Comments given for first three are almost correct.
For spiritual,I am never greedy,Charity is my inborn character.
When I migrated from my country,I left behind a resonable income business.I didn't ask my share.I gave them for 20 years to unknown talented needy students for higher study,After I have disposed of the business,50% I gave to my eldest son,remainig I distributed to the unfortunate relatives
My scores were 4,1,0,4. I suspect I could have scored higher but the questions were either black or white where I could always find exceptions or think I could do better. The questions however were interesting.
GREAT TEST! IT REALLY GIVES YOU INSIGHT INTO YOURSELF AND WHAT YOU CAN IMPROVE ABOUT YOURSELF.
I HAVE A 4 IN MENTAL. PLUS 3 IN PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL. AND 6 IN SPIRITUAL.
I THINK IT WAS A NICE TEST. IT SHOWED ME THAT THERE IS A LOT OF ROOM TO MAKE PROGRESS. THANKS FOR THE TOUR
I didn’t score very well at all and was disappointed in myself. Although I did agree with many of the positive questions,I didn’t credit myself because I question myself as to whether I’m just answering what I think is the right way to think and feel.
mental 5 physical 5 emotional 3 spiritual 6
scoring was easy to understand some of the question were vague and need to be clearer.
Here’s my score : Mental -5; Physical – 4; Emotoinal – 6′ &
Spiritual – 3
While Mental; Emotional & Spiritual seems to match what I am; the physical area is something I do not quite agree. (I’m having hyperglycemia currently. As such a score of 4 might not seems to justify my physical condition!)
I find your quiz quite good and precise. At the same time I can understand others who have been confused. It took me more than 20 years to get the right way of thinking and must admit that I am still in the process…
My score: Mental 6; Phisical 5; Emotional 4; Spiritual 6
Thank you for your effort and good wishes
I find your quiz quite good and precise. At the same time I can understand others who were confused. I took me 20 years to get the right way of thinking and I must admit that I am still in the process…
My score: Mental 6; Phisical 5; Emotional 4; Spiritual 6
Thank you for your effort and good wishes
Hi, extraordinary job, if I wasn’t so busy with my school work I read your whole weblog. Seriously Thank you!