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0 = Not at all like me

1 = Very rarely like me

2 = A little bit true about me

3 = Neither true or not true about me

4 = More true than not

5 = Mostly true for me

6 = This is me

 

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1. When I take on big projects I secretly wonder if I am "big enough" to handle them.

2. I feel stuck.

3. I need to have the right answers.

4. People expect me to have the right answers and this creates anxiety.

5. Not having the right answers makes me extremely uncomfortable.

6. I am highly defensive (be honest).

7. I often feel a nervous knot in my stomach.

8. People often don't understand what I say.

9. I hear 'old shaming' messages in my head and they affect me today.

10. My decisions, for myself, are overly affected by outside influences.

11. I second-guess what I know to be true.

12. My brain is on overdrive.

13. My communication isn't as authentic as I would like.

14. I need to be in charge.

15. I outwardly stand up for myself, yet inwardly I tear myself down.

16. I am judgmental (again, be honest).

17. I judge myself harder than anyone else.

18. I feel safe when I am the biggest fish in the pond.

19. I am afraid I'll be found out to be a fraud.

20. I fear rejection.

21. I don't cut myself enough slack.

22. I am not very clear about what I want for myself.

23. I don't have enough compassion for others and myself.

24. I am more afraid than curious.

25. I don't have enough intimacy.

26. I don't listen to my own advice.

27. I don't feel understood and accepted.

28. I often want to change things about myself but I don't know how.

29. I don't feel energized.

30. I don't have a sense of well-being.

 

 

 

 

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