Self-awareness · 4 patterns

Self-Sabotage Patterns

Inner critic, over-control, people-pleasing, or a victim mindset — which inner patterns steal the most from you? This test identifies your dominant self-sabotage pattern and the second one in intensity.


There are 16 groups of 4 statements. In each group, mark the one most like you and the one least like you. Answer by what you usually do, not by what you'd like to do.

16 groups · about 7 minutes · pick most and least

Recommended reading

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  • Positive Intelligence
    Shirzad Chamine

    The book presenting the inner-saboteur model and the practices to defuse them.

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  • The Untethered Soul
    Michael A. Singer
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Also known as: inner saboteurs test · saboteur assessment · self-sabotage quiz