I'm Not Crazy

Well, at least not so crazy that they won't let me deal with sensitive data at work.

I have recently had to go through a psychological evaluation at work. They have to prove that I am capable of handling the type of information I handle. Yesterday I took a test that had about 560 true/false questions on it. Examples of some of the questions: "I would like to be a florist?" (true); "My soul has left my body before?" (false); "Sometimes I laugh at dirty jokes." (true); "I'm fascinated with fire" (true sort of, I marked false). That was a tough one. When I'm around fire, it fascinates me, but I don't go out of my way to be around fire, and I don't think about it when it's not around. There were several of the occupation type questions. In addition to florist, there was forest ranger (true), nurse (false), race car driver (false). There were also several questions about voices inside my head. I marked false on all those, but only because the voices told me to!

After the test, I had to go take an alcohol/drug test. Then today I met with a psychologist. That was interesting. It's the first time I've ever spoken with one. He asked interesting questions. I was constantly wondering what he was deciding about me. For the most part, I think I'm pretty boring. I'm happily married, financially secure, parents that love me, no history of alcohol or drug use, no eating disorders, and no history of mental illness.

I was granted permission to deal with the data that I deal with on a daily basis. Whew, that was a close one!