The Dark Mirror Assessment
Which Cluster B pattern is yours, if any?
Cluster B is the DSM's dramatic, emotional and erratic group: antisocial, borderline, histrionic and narcissistic. Every other test online picks one and asks you to agree with statements about it. This one puts twenty scenarios in front of you, scores them on all four patterns at once (the antisocial pattern on two axes, cold and hot), keeps neurotypical as an honest answer, and tells you which one leads and where you sit against everyone who has taken it. I am diagnosed with one of the four. The scenarios were written from inside that.
The four patterns, and what each one wants
Antisocial
ASPDTo win. Other people's rights are an obstacle, not a boundary.
Charm with a purpose, rules broken without heat, and either a cold interior that plans or a hot one that does not. The two temperatures are why the Dark Mirror scores this pattern on two axes.
Scored on the psychopathic and sociopathic axes
Borderline
BPDNot to be left. The fear runs everything else.
A self that changes with the relationship, love that flips to hate in an afternoon, and pain that is real and visible. The pattern most associated with genuine suffering, and the one with the best treatment outcomes.
Scored on the borderline axis
Histrionic
HPDAttention. The emotional weather of the room has to be theirs.
Feelings performed at full volume and gone in an hour, intimacy claimed early, and a story in which everything that happened, happened to them. The pattern every other checklist forgets.
Scored on the histrionic axis
Narcissistic
NPDAdmiration. A self that has to be reflected back larger than it is.
Grandiosity or its quiet cousin, a ledger of slights, criticism met with rage or withdrawal, and empathy that switches on only when it is useful.
Scored on the narcissistic axis
The sixth axis is neurotypical. Close to half of the people who take this quiz land there, which is the point: a test with no honest exit is a horoscope.
Scenarios, not statements
Twenty things that happen, with five ways to respond. You choose what you would do, not whether you agree with a sentence about yourself.
Six axes, one verdict
A band on every axis, the pattern that leads, and a verdict written for the person who got it, by someone with one of the four.
A rank, not a label
Where you sit against everyone who has taken the quiz, on the Dark Mirror Index, updated every morning.
One pattern at a time
If you already know which of the four you are asking about, each has its own test on a published instrument.
Frequently asked questions
Can this tell me which Cluster B personality disorder I have?
No. Nothing on the internet can, and this page does not claim to. It tells you which of the four patterns your answers lean toward, how strongly, and how that compares with everyone who has taken the quiz. A diagnosis needs a clinician, a history, and you in the room.
What are the four Cluster B personality disorders?
Antisocial (ASPD), borderline (BPD), histrionic (HPD) and narcissistic (NPD). They share trouble with empathy, emotional regulation and stable relationships, and differ at the core: the antisocial pattern disregards other people's rights, the borderline pattern fears being left, the histrionic pattern needs attention, and the narcissistic pattern needs admiration.
Why does a four-disorder test score six axes?
Because the antisocial pattern comes in two temperatures, the cold planner and the hot reactor, and they look nothing alike from the outside, so the Dark Mirror scores them separately as psychopathic and sociopathic. The sixth axis is neurotypical, which is where close to half of the people who take this quiz land. A test with no honest exit is not a test.
Is Cluster B the same as the dark triad?
No. The dark triad is a research construct from personality psychology, Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy, measured on scales like the SD3. Cluster B is a DSM grouping of four clinical diagnoses. They overlap on narcissism and psychopathy and nowhere else. The Dark Triad Test on this site reads the triad; this page reads the cluster.
Who built this?
Kanika Batra, diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder and clinically assessed as Factor 1 psychopathy by her psychiatrist. The Dark Mirror is her instrument: twenty scenarios, six axes, and a live population Index behind it. Every figure on the result describes people who took this quiz, never the general population.
Nothing on this page or its results is a diagnosis. A verdict is a reading aid; only a clinician can diagnose, and only with a proper assessment. Every figure describes people who took this quiz. Aggregates live on the Dark Mirror Index, and the long read is the Cluster B guide.