Free 9-question quiz

Could Your Symptoms Have a Mind-Body Component?

Take this free 9-question quiz to notice patterns sometimes seen in mind-body and neuroplastic symptoms. It is educational and not diagnostic.

Nervana educational resourceWritten by Nervana editorial teamAbout 5 minutesUpdated July 30, 2026

Medical note

Note that this quiz is educational and not diagnostic.

01Notice familiar patterns
02Answer privately
03Choose a useful next step

Question 1 of 911%

Does this feel familiar?

Medical tests have not fully explained your symptoms

For example: Blood work, scans, or other evaluations were normal or inconclusive, or did not find an active infection, fracture, ongoing tissue damage, or another cause that matches how intense or persistent your symptoms are.

Why we ask

Persistent symptoms can be real and disruptive even when standard testing does not identify one clear cause. This pattern does not prove that symptoms are neuroplastic, but it can be one reason to explore whether nervous-system sensitization is part of the picture, alongside appropriate medical care.

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Adapted with permission from the Association for the Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms (ATNS) public self-quiz, based on work by David D. Clarke, MD, and Howard Schubiner, MD.

What this can tell you

A few useful things to notice

These questions may help you notice timing, stress links, and symptom patterns that are easy to miss when you are dealing with each symptom one at a time.

A starting point

Become your own detective. Notice symptom patterns, correlations, or stress links.

What may be connected

Symptoms can be shaped by tissues, nerves, immune function, hormones, sleep, stress, and the way the brain processes signals from the body.

A possible missing link

A mind-body approach may be the missing link in your recovery.

A clearer definition

What is a mind-body or neuroplastic symptom?

These phrases describe real symptoms that may be influenced by how the brain and nervous system respond to body signals, stress, attention, and past experience. Neuroplasticity simply means that the brain can learn and change.

A mind-body component does not mean a symptom is imagined, and it does not require every test to be normal. Physical and nervous-system factors can exist together. If your usual treatments have not been enough, this can give you another avenue to explore with your medical team.

Symptoms such as pain, fatigue, dizziness, brain fog, digestive changes, and migraines are physiological experiences. A nervous-system lens is one possible part of a complete picture.

Keep learning

Explore the patterns in more context

Practical guide

How to regulate your nervous system

Start with a 60-second reset and seven gentle ways to support regulation.

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Understand how tissue, the brain, stress, and pain processing can interact.

Can stress cause brain fog?

Review common causes, nervous-system clues, and practical next steps.

About this quiz

Can this quiz diagnose neuroplastic or mind-body symptoms?

No. This is an educational quiz, not a validated diagnostic test. It can help you notice patterns in your symptom history, stress levels, and recovery.

Does a mind-body component mean my symptoms are imaginary?

No. Pain, fatigue, dizziness, digestive changes, and other symptoms are real physiological experiences. Mind-body describes the many ways the brain, nervous system, immune system, stress, attention, emotion, and the rest of the body interact.

What should I do before exploring a nervous-system approach?

New, severe, rapidly changing, or unexplained symptoms should be medically assessed. A nervous-system approach can complement appropriate medical care, but should not delay testing, diagnosis, or treatment recommended by your medical team.

Credit and further reading

Learn more from ATNS

ATNS: 12-Question Quiz for the Public, the source adapted for this 9-question version Association for the Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms