25 Free Anxiety Tests and OCD Screeners
25 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.
Reviewed byMichael Callans, MSWAnxiety 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.
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All 25 →Anxiety Test
The seven-question GAD-7 is a brief starting point when general worry is your main concern.
Start hereSocial Anxiety Test
Based on the validated SPIN, measuring fear, avoidance, and physical symptoms together.
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Based on the validated OCI-R, with a six-area symptom breakdown most tests skip.
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Anxiety
Anxiety Test
Based on the validated GAD-7, with an instant severity result.
Social Anxiety Test
Based on the validated SPIN, measuring fear, avoidance, and physical symptoms together.
Panic Disorder Test
Informed by DSM-5 criteria and the PDSS, measuring attack frequency, distress, anxiety, and avoidance.
Health Anxiety Test (Hypochondria)
Informed by the validated SHAI, measuring illness worry, body-checking, and reassurance-seeking.
Test Anxiety Test
Based on the Test Anxiety Inventory and Westside scale, with separate worry and physical subscores.
Selective Mutism Test (Adults & Teens)
For adults and teens whose voice works in some settings and shuts down in others. Screening, not diagnosis.
Intolerance of Uncertainty Test
How much not knowing drives your worry, split into prospective and inhibitory anxiety.
Pain Catastrophizing Test
How your mind responds during pain: rumination, magnification, and helplessness, scored separately.
Adult Separation Anxiety Test
For adults: how strongly being apart from the people you love affects you, by distress, avoidance, and impact.
State vs Trait Anxiety Test
Two scores, not one: how anxious you are right now versus how anxious you usually are.
OCD and related
OCD Test (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder)
Based on the validated OCI-R, with a six-area symptom breakdown most tests skip.
Harm OCD Test
An honest educational screener for unwanted, intrusive harm thoughts. Informed by the DOCS. Not a diagnosis.
Pure O OCD Test
An educational screener for intrusive thoughts and the covert mental compulsions most OCD tests miss.
Relationship OCD (ROCD) Test
Adapted from the validated ROCI and PROCSI, scoring relationship- and partner-centered obsessive doubts.
Hoarding Disorder Test (HRS-SR)
Based on the Hoarding Rating Scale, covering clutter, discarding, acquiring, distress, and impairment.
OCD Severity Test (Y-BOCS-Style)
A self-rating in the Y-BOCS shape: time, interference, distress, resistance and control, scored 0 to 40.
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.
Agoraphobia Test
Based on the DSM-5 Severity Measure, covering fear, physical symptoms, and avoidance across situations.
Claustrophobia Test
Based on the validated CLQ, scoring the two fears behind claustrophobia: suffocation and restriction.
Emetophobia Test
Based on the validated SPOVI, scoring avoidance and threat monitoring in the fear of vomiting.
Thalassophobia Test
An educational screener for fear of deep, open, or dark water, built on the DSM-5 phobia criteria.
Trypophobia Test
Based on the validated TQ. Measures discomfort at clusters of small holes and bumps.
Scopophobia Test (Fear of Being Watched)
Fear of being watched or stared at, scored across fear, avoidance and daily impact.
Hair pulling and skin picking
How to choose
| If you want to | Take | Why |
|---|---|---|
| You want a brief check of general worry | Anxiety Test | The GAD-7 focuses on general anxiety symptoms. |
| You notice obsessions or repeated compulsions | OCD Test (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) | The OCI-R explores six symptom areas rather than only checking behavior. |
| You feel fear or avoidance around other people | Social Anxiety Test | The SPIN considers fear, avoidance, and physical symptoms together. |
| You are unsure which specific fears affect you most | Phobia Test: What Are You Afraid Of? | This educational profile helps you explore fear domains without assigning a diagnosis. |
| You are troubled by unwanted harm thoughts | Harm OCD Test | This 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. In the US, call or text 988 for suicidal thoughts or emotional crisis. You can seek support before completing any screen, whatever your score might be.
Cite this source
Psychology.com. (2026, October 20). Free Anxiety Tests and OCD Screeners. Psychology.com. https://psychology.com/tests/anxiety-tests
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