Core Wound Identifier
Find the old hurt quietly steering you now
About this assessment
A 42-item situational assessment that maps which of five core emotional wounds runs deepest in you: Abandonment, Rejection, Humiliation, Injustice, and Betrayal. Inspired by Lise Bourbeau's five-wounds model and the early maladaptive schema framework of schema therapy (Jeffrey Young). Every item is original and describes a specific everyday moment, reaction, or choice rather than diagnosing you, and each subscale includes reverse-keyed items to balance the picture. Your overall score reflects how active these wounds are on average, and the breakdown shows which wound runs deepest (your primary) and which is next (your secondary). Built for self-understanding and reflection, not clinical diagnosis.
Your result breaks down across 5 measured dimensions
This assessment includes built-in validity checks. Your result includes a confidence rating based on response consistency.