Personality quiz sheds light on who you really are based on three questions (2025)

If you want to learn more about yourself and your friends and have fun in the process, this light-hearted quiz claims to reveal the inner workings of your mind based on three questions

A personality test that claims to reveal who a person truly is with just three questions.

The "thought-provoking" quiz has been shared on social media - and has sparked a discussion amongst users who have been taking it themselves, as well as putting family and friends to the test.

TikTok user @aggyhappytours said: "This is the absolute simplest and best quick personality test that I have used for years. It's really fun to do with friends or someone you've just met because it's pretty low key but it tells you a lot and it sparks so much fun conversation."

Sharing a disclaimer, she stressed that this is simply a "fun, psychological exploration" and it shouldn't be taken seriously. The test is not necessarily accurate and should not be used as a diagnostic tool.

From here, the TikTok user asks her followers to answer the following questions:

• What are you top three favourite animals, in order, and why?
• Picture a body of water. What is the behaviour of the water? Describe the water, the scene around you, and how you feel.
• Picture yourself going to bed like normal. Then you wake up in a new space. All you know is you can't leave. Describe the space and how you feel.

For those yet to come up with answers for the above, you might want to stop scrolling now as the 'reasoning' behind your answers is about to be revealed.

"For the first question, the order really matters because it's kind of how your brain is processing the question," the TikTok user added.

"Your first animal is how you want to be perceived. This makes sense psychologically because it was your gut reaction about what you wanted people to hear, what you wanted to put out there." She says those who commonly answer with a sea animal want to be seen as "flexible and free flowing", and those who answer with dog want to be seen as "fun, outgoing, playful and loyal".

"Your second-favourite animal, you've had a second to step back and think a little bit deeper. It represents who you actually are," she added. "This is one you really relate to, it is who you actually are."

Following this, she says your third favourite represents what you look for in a partner, suggesting the traits this animal has is what you admire and enjoy in other people.

Next, answering the 'body of water' question, she says this represents how you view intimacy in either an emotional or romantic way. "If you pictured a lake and it was really tranquil and you felt very at peace then when you're being intimate and vulnerable that's how you want to feel and how you want to make other people feel," she said.

"If it was an ocean and the waves were crashing maybe you want a little bit more excitement. You might want to feel very alive when you're being intimate with someone."

Finally, answering the 'bed' question, she says this represents how you think about death. She said: "If you pictured a room that was very small and you were alone and it was scary, maybe you're a little bit afraid of death or there's a lot of unknowns.

"If you pictured an open space and your friends were there, maybe you're not as scared of death. You might have pictured a room but you might have felt really calm. There are so many different interpretations of this and this is why it's so fun to ask these questions."

Commenting on her video, one user said: "For the last I pictured a white décor room with a bit of bright colours and flowers and there’s food. There are nice movies and someone to cuddle." Another user added: "My third animal was a chicken." A third user said: "My first animal is a cat, second is a cow, third is a monkey."