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Anger Test

Written and clinically reviewed by , PsychD · 20+ years treating anxiety disorders & OCD
Chartered Psychologist (BPS)

Anger is a normal human emotion—but when it’s frequent, intense, or hard to control, it can start to affect your relationships, your health, and how you feel about yourself. This anger test helps you understand whether anger may be a problem for you right now, and what’s most likely driving it.

Your results will highlight common anger patterns, such as:

  • Irritability and a short fuse
  • Feeling disrespected, criticised, or unheard
  • Build-up of stress, pressure, or burnout
  • Reactive behaviours (snapping, shouting, shutting down, or passive aggression)
  • Rumination (replaying conversations, “I should have said…”)

You’ll receive personalised feedback on your main triggers and patterns, plus a clear next step— to help you reduce the build-up, respond differently in the moment, and recover faster afterwards.

This is an educational self-check, not a diagnosis. If anger is leading to harm, threats, or fear in any relationship, it’s important to seek professional support urgently.

A clearer picture, one question at a time

Understand how anger builds and what happens next

Think about the past month and choose what best fits your experience. Your feedback explains the pattern your answers suggest, what may keep it going, and where to start.

9 questionsAbout 3 minutesNo email needed

This self-check is for adults. The questionnaire itself does not send or save your answers. They are cleared when you reload or leave this page.

You can read the questions below. Enable JavaScript for the step-by-step questionnaire and personalised feedback.

Do you become irritated or angry more often than you would like?

Consider ordinary situations over the past month.

Does anger build when you are tired, stressed, under pressure or feeling overwhelmed?

Think about what tends to happen before your short fuse.

Do you quickly interpret another person’s actions as criticism, unfairness or disrespect?

Answer about the interpretation that comes to mind, not whether the other person intended it.

Do you snap, shout or say things you later regret when angry?

Include reactions that feel quicker or harsher than you intended.

Do you hide anger, go silent or agree outwardly while resentment keeps building?

Think about difficulty expressing a concern directly and safely.

Do you keep replaying an argument, injustice or what you should have said?

Include carrying the event into the next day.

Has your anger involved threats, intimidation or physical aggression, or have you intended to hurt someone?

Include behaviour that made another person afraid, even without intended injury. Unwanted fears without any wish or intention to act are covered in the next question.

Do you have unwanted fears of hurting someone, without wanting or intending to act on them?

This question is about an unwanted fear, rather than threats, aggression or an intention to harm.

How much has this affected your work, study, relationships or ordinary activities?

Choose the answer that best reflects your own experience.

How to understand this self-check

Anger is an emotion, not a diagnosis or a personality verdict. CBT can help you examine triggers, interpretations, bodily arousal and responses. Understanding the trigger does not excuse intimidation or harm; those behaviours require safety and professional support.

The questions are an original educational self-check, rather than a validated diagnostic instrument. Results reflect the combinations, frequency and impact you report; they do not provide a probability of diagnosis or a clinical severity score.

Read the anger guide for more information.

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