The Official IQ Test

Breakup recovery test

See where you are in your recovery

25 statements, built on the Kübler-Ross stages applied to relationships: denial, anger, bargaining, sadness, and acceptance. You find out which stage you are in, and what helps there.

Statements
25Statements
Minutes
~6Minutes
Dimensions
5Dimensions

Read each statement and choose how strongly it matches how you have felt since the breakup.

This is a self-screening tool. If grief from a breakup is taking over your daily life, consider speaking to a qualified therapist.

Which part of moving on you are in

Somewhere inside the fog of a breakup it helps to know which part of it you are actually in. This test maps your progress across the 5 emotional stages of recovery: denial, anger, bargaining, sadness and acceptance. Rate 25 statements about how you feel right now and the stage you are moving through comes into view.

Freshly split, or trying to work out why you feel stuck, 6 minutes buys a clear and gentle read. Taking it costs nothing and no account is needed to start.

The 5 stages you move through

Denial

Struggling to accept that it is truly over: disbelief, numbness, or a hand still holding hope.

Anger

Resentment, blame or frustration, pointed at your ex, at yourself, or at the situation.

Bargaining

Replaying the what-ifs and picturing how it might have gone another way.

Sadness

The heavy, low phase: loss, loneliness, and missing what you had.

Acceptance

Coming to terms with it, finding your balance, and rebuilding a life that moves forward.

How the breakup recovery test works

  1. Pick your gender: this tailors the wording and the norms for accurate context.
  2. Rate 25 statements: on how you feel right now, with no per-item time limit.
  3. Read your recovery stage at once: where you stand across the 5 stages, and gentle next steps.

Frequently asked questions

A self-assessment that maps where you stand in healing from a breakup across 5 emotional stages: denial, anger, bargaining, sadness and acceptance. It names your current stage and shows how your feelings are shifting.

Taking it costs nothing and no account is needed to start. A preview of your stage appears the moment you finish, and the detailed report and downloadable certificate sit inside a paid membership you can cancel in one click.

Around 6 minutes. 25 statements rated on an agreement scale, with no per-question timer.

Yes. The test adapts the familiar grief framework of denial, anger, bargaining, sadness and acceptance to breakups. Recovery runs anything but straight, and most people move back and forth between stages.

No fixed timeline exists. It turns on the relationship and on the person. This test names where you stand now rather than predicting an end date, and retaking it later is a good way to watch your progress.

Yes. Your breakup recovery report (PDF) carries your stage profile and guidance built around it. The same membership opens every other test too.

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