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MILLON CLINICAL MULTI-AXIAL INVENTORY

(MCMI-III)
1) Lately. my strength seems to be draining out of me, even in the morning.

2) I think highly of rules because they are a good guide to follow.

3) I enjoy doing so many differen t things that I can't make up my mind what to do
first.

4) I feel weak and tired much of the time.

5) I know I'm a superior person, so I don't care what people think.

6) People have never given me enough recognition for the things I've done.

7) Ifmy family puts pressure on me, I'm likely to feel angry and resist doing what
they want.

8) People make fun of me behind my back. talking about the way I act or look.

9) I often criticize people strongly if they annoy me.

IO) What few feelings I seem to have I rarely show lo the outside world.

I I) I have a hard time keeping my balance when walking.

12) I show my feelings easily and quickly.

13) J\':v drug habits havl! often gotkn me into a good deal of trouble in the past.

14) Sometimes I can be pretty rough and mean in my relations with my family.
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15) Things lhat are going well today ,,on't last very long.

16) I am aver) agreeable and submissive person.

17) As a teenager. I got into lots of trouble because or bad school behavior.

~ ) I'm afraid lo get really close to another person because it may end up with my
being ridiculed or shamed.

IQ) I ~eem to choose friends who end up mistreating me.

20) I'.e had sad thoughts much of my life since I was a child.

21) I like to nirt wilh members of the opposite sex.

22) !'m a very erratic person, changing my mind and feelings all the tim.::.

23) Drinking alcohol has never caused me any real problems in my work.

24) I began to feel like a failure some years ago.

25) I feel guilty much of lhe time for no reason that I know.

]6) Other people envy 111) abi Iities.

27) When I have a choice, I prefer to do things alone.

28) I think it's necessary to place strict controls on the behavior of members of my
family.

29) People usually think of me as a reser\'ed and serious-minded person.

30) Lately, I have begun to feel like smashing things.

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31 ) 1 think I'm a special person who deserves special attention from ers.

32) I am always looking to make new friends and meet new people.

33) lf someone criticized me for making a mistake, l would quickly point out some

of that person's mistakes.

34) Lately. l have gone all to pieces.

35) I often give up doing things because l'm afraid I won't do them well.

36) I often let my angry feelings out and then feel terribly guilty about it.

I very often lose my ~bility to feel any sensations in parts of my body.

cJ do what I want without worrying about its effect on others.

g so-called illegal drugs may be unwise, but in the past I found I needed

40) l guess I'm a fearful and inhibited person.

41) I've done a number of stupid things on impulse that ended up causing me great

trouble.

42) I never forgive an insult or forget an embarrassment that someone caused me.

43) I often feel sad or tense right after something good has happened to me.

44) I reel terribly depressed and sad much of the time now.

45) 1 always try hard to please others. even when I dislike them.

46) I've always had less interest in sex than most people do.
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47
) 1 tend to always blame myself,,hen things go wrong.

48
) A long time ago, I decided it's best to have little to do with people.

49 ) Since I was a child, I have always had lo watch out for people who were trying

lo cheat me.

50) I Slrongl) resent "big shots" who always think they can do things better than 1
can.

51) When things get boring, I like lo stir up some excitement.

52) I have an alcohol problem that has made difficulties for me and my family.

53) Punishment never stopped me from doing what I wanted.

54) There are many times, when for no reason, I feel very cheerful and full of
excitement.

55) In recent weeks I feel worn out for no special reason.

56) For some lime now I've been feeli,,g very guilty because I can't do things right
anymore.

57) I think I am a very sociable and outgoing person.

58) I've become very jumpy in the last few weeks.

59) I keep very close track of my money so I am prepared if a need comes up.

60) I j ust haven't had th e luck in life that others have had.

6 1) Ideas k~ep turning over ana over in my mind and they won 't go away.

62) I've become quite discouraged and sad about life in the past year or two.
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63) Ma .
ny people have been spying into my private life for years.

64) 1 don't know why, but I sometimes say cruel things just to make others unhappy.

65) I fl ew across the Atlantic JO times last year.

66) My habit of abusing drugs has caused me to miss work in the paSl.

67) I have many ideas that are ahead of the times.

68) Lately, I have to think things over and over again for no good reason.

69) I avoid most social situations because I expect people to criticize or reject me.

70) I often think that I don't deserve the good things that happen to me.

When I'm alone, I often feel the strong presence of someone nearby who can't

I pretty aimless and don't know where I'm going in life.

73) I often allow others to inake important decisions for me.

74) I can't seem to sleep, and wake up just as tired as when I went to bed.

75) Lately, I've been sweating a great deal and feel very tense.

76) I keep having strange thoughts that 1wish I could get rid of.

77) 1 have a great deal of trouble trying to control an impulse to drink to excess.

78) Even when l'm awake, 1 don't seem to notice people who are near me.

79) I am often cross and grouchy.

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80) It is very easy for me to make many friends.

8 I) I'm ashamed of some of the abuses I suffered when I was young.

82) I always make sure thal my work is well planned and organized.

83) My moods seem to change a great deal from one day to the next.

84) I'm too unsure of myself to risk trying something new.

85) I don't blame anyone who takes advantage of someone who allows it.

86) For some time now I;ve been feeling sad and blue and can't seem to snap out of

it.

87) I often gel angry with people who do things slowly.

. 88) I never sit on the sidelines when I'm at a party.

89) r watch my family closely so I'll know who can and who can't be trusted.

90) J sometimes get confused and feel upset when people are kind to me.

91) My use of so-called illegal drugs has led to family arguments.

92) I'm alone most of the time and I prefer it that way.
93) There are members ofmy family who say I'm si:ltish and think only of myself.

94) People can easily change my ideas, even if I thought my mind was made up.

95) I often make people angry by bossing them.

 96) People have said in th e past t1ml I became too interested
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too many things .

97) I believe in the saying. "early to bed and early to rise ... "

98) My feelings toward important people in my life often swing from loving them to

hating them.

99) In social groups I am almost always very self-conscious and tense.

I 00) I guess I'm no different from my parents in becoming somewhat ofan alcoholic.

IOI) I guess 1 don't take many ofmy family responsibilities as seriously as I should.

I 02) Ever since 1 was a child, 1 have been losing touch with the real world .

·J03) Sneaky people often try to get the credit for things T have done or thought of.

I04) I can't experience much pleasure because I don't feel I deserve it.

I05) I have little desire for close friendships.

I06) I've had many periods in my life when I was so cheerful and used up so much
energy that I fell into a low mood.

107) I have completely lost my appetite and have trouble sleeping most nights.

I08) I worry a great deal about being left alone and having to take care of myself.

I09) The memory of a ve ry upsettmg

• experience
. in my past kee s co .
haunt my thoughts. P mmg back to
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I I I) l seem to have lost 111terest 111 moS t 0

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f"fe since I was quite young.

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112) l have been downhearted and sad mu ch ofmy

I 13) I've gotten into trouble with the law a couple of times .

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114) A good way to avoid mistakes 1s to 11ave a 1ou 111

115) Other people often blame me for things r didn't do.

J 16) I have had to be really rough with some people to keep them in line.

117) People think I sometimes talk about strange or different things than they do.

118) There have been times when r couldn't get through the day without some street

drugs.

I 19) People are trying to make me believe that I'm crazy.

120) I'll do something desperate to prevent a person r love from abandoning me.

121) I go on eating binges a couple of times a week.

J22) I seem to make a mess of good opportunities that come my way.

123) I've always had a hard time stopping myself from feeling blue and unhappy.

124) When I'm alone and away from home, I often begin to feel tense and panicky.

ith me because they say r talk too much or too

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126) Most successful pe I d
ope to ay have been either lucky or dishonest.

I 27) l won't get involved with people unless I'm sure they'll like me.

128) I feel deeply depressed for no reason I can ligure out.

129) Years later I still have nightmares about an event that was a real threat to my
life.

I 30) I don't have the energy to concentrate on my everyday responsibilities anymore.

131) Drinking alcohol helps when I'm feeling down.

132) I hate to think about some of the ways I was abused as a child.

133) Even in good times, I've always been afraid that things would soon go bad.

134) I sometimes feel crazy-like or unreal when things start to go badly in my life.

135) Being alone, without the help of someone close to depend on, really frightens
me.

136) I know I've spent more money than I shou Id buying ilie gal drugs.

137) I always see to it that my work is finished before taking time out for leisure
activities.

138) I can tell that peopk arc talking about me\\ hen I pass by them.

139) rm very good at making up excuses when I get into trouble.

140) I believe I'm being plotted against.

 14 1) I feel that most people th ink poorly of me.

hollow.
• · like I'm empty a nd
I 42) I frequently feel there's nothing 111s1de me,

143) l sometimes force myself to vomit after eating.

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144) I guess I go out ofmy way to encourage people to a mue 0

145) I spend my life worrying over one thing or another.

146) l always wonder what the real reason is when someone is acting especially nice
to me.

147) There are certain thoughts that keep coming back again and again in my mind .

148) Few things in life give me pleasure.

149) I feel shaky and have difficulty falling asleep because painful memories of a
past event keep running through my mind.

150) Looking ahead as each day begins makes me feel terribly depressed.

151) I've never been able to shake the feeling that l'm worthless to others.

152) I have a drinking problem that I've tried unsuccessfully to end.

153) Someone h.as been trying to control my mind.

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157) I have nol seen a

car in the last Len years.

158) I get very tense with people I don't know well

because they may want to harm
me.

159) someone would have to be pretty exceptional

• to un ders tan d my special abilities.

160) My current life is still upset by flashbacks of something terrible that happened
to me.

161) I seem to create situations with others in which I get hurt or feel rejected.
162) 1 often get lost in my thoughts and forget what's going on around me.

163) People say I'm a thin person, but 1 feel that my thighs and backside are much too
big.

164) There are terrible events from my past that come back repeatedly to haunt my
thoughts and dreams.

t 65) Other than my family, I have no close friends.

166) f act quickly much of the time and don't think things through as r should.

167) f take great care to keep my life a private matter so no one can take advantage of
me.

J 68) I very often hear things so well that it bothers me.

169) I'm always willing to give in to others in a disagreement because J fear their
anger or rejection.

repeat · to reduce my anxiety and

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171 ) 1 have given serious thought recentl y to doing

172) People tell me that J'm .a very proper and moral person.

173) T st ill feel terrified when T think of a traumatic experience r had years ago .

174) Although I'm afraid to make friendships , I wish I had more than I do.

175) There are people who are supposed to be my friends who would like to do me
harm.