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Anxiety Driver Quiz

The way you experience anxiety and the unique drivers of it are different from the next person, and the next. That's why it can be difficult to know what tools will help you the most in the long-run.

This 2-minute quiz will help you uncover what's actually driving your anxiety, and how to start addressing it. Once you've completed the quiz you'll receive a detailed email report about the driver of your anxiety and suggested next steps.

The quiz and email report are completely free of charge.

In rare cases where two or more anxiety drivers score equally, you may receive more than one report. If that happens, just reply to the email and I'll take a look at your results personally and let you know which profile fits best.

Created by Jasmine Cornish, a Naturopath and Hypnotherapist with over 13 years of clinical experience supporting those with anxiety, chronic stress and nervous system dysregulation. I built this quiz because the approach that works for anxiety depends on what's driving it, and most people have never been told what that is.

When anxiety shows up, where do you notice it first?

I genuinely can't predict it – it seems to come out of nowhere for no logical reason

As dread about the anxiety itself arriving – I'm always waiting for it

In my body – racing heart, tight chest, or a sick feeling – before I've even had a clear thought

In my head – a thought or worry arrives and then I can't let it go

As irritability or overwhelm – small things feel like too much

How would you describe your anxiety on a typical day?

Unpredictable – some days fine, some days terrible, and I can't work out why

A physical hum in the background that I've learned to live with

A mental to-do list that never switches off

Like I'm constantly bracing for the next wave

Like my tolerance for everything has worn thin

What does anxiety look like for you at night?

I lie awake replaying conversations, running through tomorrow, making mental lists

I wake up in the early hours already feeling anxious, before any thought has formed

My sleep is inconsistent – sometimes fine, sometimes terrible with no obvious reason

I fall asleep easily but wake up exhausted, like sleep isn't restoring me

I struggle to fall asleep because I'm anxious about not sleeping

How do you typically respond when you feel anxious?

I try everything but nothing consistently works

I try to logic my way out of it and remind myself it's not rational

I withdraw and reduce my commitments until I feel more capacity

I monitor it carefully, trying to figure out if it's getting worse

I try to push through it physically – breathe, move, distract myself

Which of these feels the most true about your relationship with anxiety?

My body reacts before my mind catches up – I can be in a perfectly safe situation and still feel threatened

I feel like something physical is going on that nobody has been able to explain

I used to cope much better – something has shifted and I don't feel like myself

I spend a lot of energy trying to avoid and prevent anxiety from happening

I know my anxiety is often irrational but I can't stop the thoughts

How does anxiety affect your physical body?

In ways I can't always explain – gut symptoms, heart palpitations, random flare-ups

I feel depleted and heavy, like I'm running on empty physically and emotionally

The physical symptoms of anxiety are what scare me most – I'm always monitoring them

Significantly – tight muscles, shallow breathing, gut tension, physical exhaustion

Less physically, more mentally – some headaches or jaw tension

Which of these situations tends to trigger anxiety most for you?

Random everyday situations or no situation at all, it just arrives

Situations where I feel out of control – crowds, driving, confined spaces, social situations

Situations where I might fail, be judged, or not meet expectations

Situations where I've felt anxious before – I start avoiding them

Any situation that adds to an already full plate

How would people who know you well describe you?

Cautious and careful – someone who thinks ahead and avoids situations that feel risky

Capable but stretched – someone who takes on too much and runs out of steam

Sensitive, empathetic, intuitive – someone who feels things deeply

Healthy and together on the outside, but privately struggling in ways others don't see

Driven, organised, high-achieving – someone who holds everything together

What have you already tried for anxiety?

Rest, reducing commitments, supplements – I manage it but I've lost something

Avoidance – I've quietly shrunk my life to reduce the chances of anxiety appearing

Therapy, journalling, mindset work – helpful intellectually but it doesn't fully shift

Everything – supplements, therapy, lifestyle changes – but nothing has made a consistent difference

Breathwork, meditation, somatic tools – they help in the moment but the anxiety always returns

How does anxiety affect your daily life most significantly?

My capacity for life has shrunk – I used to do more, handle more, enjoy more

I've started avoiding things I used to do freely – my world is getting smaller and more isolated

I overfunction to compensate – I work harder, plan more, control more

I'm never fully present – there's always a part of me on alert

I can't trust my body – I never know when it's going to react

Which statement resonates most with how anxiety feels for you?

I've been running on empty for so long I've forgotten what normal feels like

Something feels wrong physiologically but nobody has been able to tell me what

I've become anxious about anxiety itself – the fear of it is almost worse than the original anxiety

My brain won't give me a moment's peace even when everything is objectively fine

My nervous system is stuck in a setting that was useful once but not anymore

How does your body feel on a physical level day to day?

Exhausted – tired in a way that sleep doesn't fix

Hyperaware – I notice every physical sensation and worry about what it means

Fine physically – it's my mind that doesn't rest

Unpredictable – gut issues, energy crashes, symptoms that come and go

Tense and braced – like I'm always ready for something to happen

What does a good day look like for you in relation to anxiety?

A day where my body feels calm and I'm not fighting physical symptoms

A day where I feel on top of everything and my mind is quiet

A day where I feel like I have enough in the tank to handle what comes

A day where my body behaves predictably and I feel well physically

A day where I can go about my life without thinking about anxiety at all

When you imagine being free of anxiety, what does that look like?

Understanding what's been driving this and finally having answers

Living freely without shrinking my life around the possibility of anxiety

Feeling safe in my body – present, grounded, not waiting for the next reaction

Feeling like myself again – having energy, patience, and capacity for life

A quiet mind – being able to be in a moment without analysing it

What do you most need right now?

To stop living in fear of anxiety and start trusting myself again

Tools to quiet the mental noise and break the cycle of overthinking

A physiological explanation for what's been happening in my body

To understand why my nervous system keeps reacting this way and how to change it

To rebuild my foundations – energy, resilience, and the feeling that I can cope