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Mental Load Type Quiz - Happy Life Secrets
Free Mental Load Type Quiz

Which Type of Mental Load is Draining You?

Take this 2-minute quiz to discover your specific mental load pattern—and the targeted relief strategies that actually work for your type

You're exhausted but did "nothing." You managed everyone's schedules, made 50+ decisions, coordinated logistics, remembered everything—but when someone asks "What did you do today?" you have nothing "visible" to show for it.

You're carrying invisible work that no one sees. The mental tracking. The decision-making. The emotional management. The default responsibility for literally everything.

But here's what most mental load advice gets wrong: Not all mental load is the same.

The problem with generic "mental load" advice:

  • It assumes all mental load exhaustion looks the same (it doesn't)
  • It gives you strategies for the WRONG type of mental load (so nothing works)
  • It tells you to "just delegate more" without addressing WHY you're the default for everything
  • It offers self-care when what you actually need is cognitive ownership transfer
  • It makes you feel like YOU'RE the problem when the LOAD is the problem

There Are 5 Distinct Mental Load Types

The Invisible Project Manager is drowning in coordination work no one sees. The Drowning Decision-Maker is making 100+ decisions daily. The Everyone's-Emotional-Support-But-Mine is managing everyone's feelings while hers don't count.

Each type has different struggles. Different patterns. Different relief strategies.

Generic advice fails because it doesn't match YOUR specific mental load pattern. You need solutions designed for YOUR type—not a one-size-fits-all approach that may not even address your actual problem.

This Quiz Reveals Your Mental Load Type

  • Identify WHICH type of mental load is draining you most
  • Understand your specific struggles (finally feel SEEN)
  • Discover what you actually need (not generic "self-care")
  • Get targeted relief strategies designed for YOUR pattern
  • Receive your personalized Mental Load Relief Blueprint (free PDF download)
"I've been reading about mental load for months but nothing actually helped. Then I took this quiz and realized I'm an Invisible Project Manager—I don't need MORE task delegation, I need cognitive ownership transfer. That one insight changed everything."
— Sarah M., recovering Invisible PM

How This Quiz Works

1

Answer 5 Questions

Takes 2 minutes. No email required to start.

2

Get Your Type

Discover which of 5 mental load patterns matches you.

3

Download Your Blueprint

Instant access to your personalized relief strategies (PDF).

4

Start Relief Today

Implement quick wins designed for YOUR mental load type.

Ready to Identify Your Mental Load Type?

2 minutes to discover why you're exhausted—and what actually works for YOUR type

No email required • Instant results • Free PDF download

What's Your Mental Load Type?

Discover why you're exhausted—and what to do about it
Question 1 of 5
What's the first thing that runs through your mind when someone asks "What did you do today?"
"Nothing... but I'm exhausted"
You managed everyone's logistics but have nothing "visible" to show for it
"I can't even remember—it's all a blur"
The mental tracking never stops so individual tasks disappear into cognitive fog
"Everything... but no one noticed"
You coordinated, planned, remembered, decided—all the invisible work that keeps life running
"Why do they even ask? They never understand"
The mental load you carry is so invisible that explaining it feels pointless
Question 2 of 5
Complete this sentence: "The thing that drains me most is..."
"...that I'm the only one who notices what needs doing"
You see everything that needs managing while others wait for you to tell them
"...making 100 decisions before anyone else makes 10"
Every meal, outfit, schedule, appointment—it's all on you
"...managing everyone's emotions while mine don't matter"
You're everyone's emotional support while running on empty yourself
"...knowing it will never change unless I do all the work to change it"
Even fixing the mental load problem requires MORE mental load from you
Question 3 of 5
When someone says "Just tell me what to do," you think:
"That's still ME doing all the thinking!"
You're the project manager while they just execute—the mental load stays with you
"It's faster if I just do it myself"
Explaining requires energy you don't have, so you carry it all alone
"They'll do it wrong and I'll have to fix it"
Then you're managing them AND the task—double the mental load
"I'm so tired of being everyone's brain"
You track, remember, plan, and coordinate for everyone else while no one does it for you
Question 4 of 5
Which invisible labor exhausts you most?
The mental tracking that never stops
You're the human calendar/database/reminder system for everyone's everything
The constant decision-making no one sees
What's for dinner? Who needs what? When is that thing? Every. Single. Day.
The emotional management of everyone else
Reading moods, preventing meltdowns, managing feelings—while yours get ignored
Being the "default" for literally everything
If it needs thinking about, it's automatically your job
Question 5 of 5
If you could wave a magic wand, what would change first?
Someone else would remember things WITHOUT me having to tell them
The mental tracking would be shared, not just the tasks
I could make ONE decision today instead of 147
The decision burden would lift and you could actually think clearly
Someone would notice I'm drowning
The invisible work would finally be VISIBLE and acknowledged
I wouldn't feel guilty for being exhausted
You'd accept that carrying everyone's mental load IS legitimately draining

Your Mental Load Type:

What's Next?

Your blueprint gives you the foundation—but here's the truth about mental load relief:

Information alone won't fix this.

You need:

  • Implementation support (knowing WHAT to do vs. actually DOING it)
  • Accountability (because backsliding is easy when it's "faster to just do it yourself")
  • Community (people who GET IT and won't let you guilt-spiral back into default mode)
  • Troubleshooting (what to do when they push back, resist, or try to hand it back)

That's why we worked with experts to create the Mental Load Reset program.

8 weeks. Small cohorts. Type-specific frameworks. Real implementation support.

Launching February 2026.

Join the waitlist to receive program details and early enrollment access before public launch.

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