Author: T. F. Cash et al. (2006)
We all talk to ourselves in our private thoughts. We have mental conversations with ourselves. These private “conversations” are often automatic, and they even occur without our being fully aware of them. They are thoughts about ourselves and about our interpretations of the events that are happening in our lives.
The purpose of this questionnaire is to ask you to become aware of your own mental conversations. We particularly want to focus on your mental conversations about your physical appearance. Each question will present a hypothetical situation and a mental conversation that some people might have in that situation. Please imagine yourself in each situation. Read the thought pattern that is described. Then decide how characteristic that thought pattern would be of your mental conversation in that situation. There are no right or wrong answers.
How characteristic is each thought pattern of your thinking?